# Claim 467

National internet traffic began falling sharply around midday on election day, dropping close to 90 percent below normal levels.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: National internet traffic began falling sharply around midday on election day, dropping close to 90 percent below normal levels.
- Field: occurred_on
- Value: 2025-10-29
- About: [incident 2025-tanzania-internet-shutdown-election-day](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-tanzania-internet-shutdown-election-day)
- Source: Tanzania restricts internet as citizens vote in general election. https://techcabal.com/2025/10/29/tanzania-restricts-internet-as-citizens-vote-in-general-election/
- Publisher: TechCabal
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2025-10-29

## Quotation from the source

> national internet traffic began to plunge around 12:30 p.m., falling to nearly 90% below last week's levels.

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