St. Petersburg event ban fuels online doomsday chatter for November 2026

A post on X from user Wesley on November 2 claimed that an anonymous darknet source warned of a total internet collapse on November 17, 2026, followed by a three-month global shutdown.

The claim quickly got linked to an unrelated mix of references: a 2023 Simpsons episode mentioning that calendar date, a nationwide U.S. emergency alert test scheduled by the FCC and FEMA for the same evening, and a draft decree from St. Petersburg’s governor.

The city document, released the same day, bans public gatherings starting November 17, 2026, and focuses on sanitary standards and security at approved venues. It contains no mention of networks, communications or any digital infrastructure.

No banks, internet providers or government agencies have issued statements supporting the scenario, and no technical data has surfaced to back the rumor.

Based on information from cryptonews.net