Internet disruptions overview for Q3 2022

During the third quarter of 2022, Cloudflare observed various internet disruptions across multiple regions due to government-directed shutdowns, natural disasters, power outages, and technical problems. These incidents impacted countries such as Iraq, Cuba, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, India, Iran, Papua New Guinea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos islands, Nova Scotia, Florida, Venezuela, Oman, Ukraine, and Chad. The disruptions were caused by factors like exam cheating prevention, anti-government protests, natural calamities, power outages, sabotage of sub-sea cables, and technical issues. Cloudflare's Radar Outage Center provides information on these historical disruptions and is also accessible through an API for integration into other tools and applications.