Myanmar experienced a "near-total internet shutdown" for the third night in a row, a monitoring group said early Wednesday, plunging the country into an information blackout.

The last two nights have seen the internet in Myanmar go down from 1:00 am to 9:00 am, and Wednesday was no different.

NetBlocks, a Britain-based group that monitors internet outages around the world said internet connectivity had dropped to just 19 percent of ordinary levels.

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