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Atlas Score · v2 (level-aware)

The Voidly Atlas Score v2

Composite censorship score per country, 0–100, A–F grades. v2 fixes the v1 bug where chronic-blockers (RU, CN, KP) graded B− despite heavy structural censorship, because v1 over-weighted change-vs-level. v2 adds a 50% structural baseline so chronic blockers grade correctly.

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A
0-20
Open
B-
20-30
Mostly open
B
30-45
Light controls
C
45-60
Moderate
D
60-75
Heavy
F
75+
Severe

Top grade movers (v1 → v2)

Countries whose letter grade changed when we switched from v1 (change-weighted) to v2 (level-aware). Positive = stricter (e.g. B− → F because chronic baseline now counts); negative = looser (e.g. D → C because acute spike was overweighted in v1).

Uzbekistan UZ
48.079.5(+31.5)
BF
Egypt EG
44.578.4(+33.9)
BF
India IN
39.976.6(+36.7)
BF
Turkey TR
39.876.6(+36.8)
BF
Myanmar MM
38.876.2(+37.4)
BF
Venezuela VE
38.276.0(+37.8)
BF
Kazakhstan KZ
30.673.0(+42.4)
B-D
Russia RU
28.772.8(+44.1)
B-D

30 watched countries · v2 vs v1

#Countryv2 gradev1 gradev2 scorev1 scoreΔ
1Pakistan PKFD86.265.4+20.8
2Uzbekistan UZFB79.548.0+31.5
3Egypt EGFB78.444.5+33.9
4India INFB76.639.9+36.7
5Turkey TRFB76.639.8+36.8
6Myanmar MMFB76.238.8+37.4
7Venezuela VEFB76.038.2+37.8
8Kazakhstan KZDB-73.030.6+42.4
9Russia RUDB-72.828.7+44.1
10IQ IQD72.5
11KH KHD72.5
12Bangladesh BDDB-72.429.5+42.9
13Malaysia MYDB-72.429.4+43.0
14Tanzania TZD72.2
15Ethiopia ETDB-71.730.9+40.8
16Cuba CUDB-70.825.6+45.2
17Iran IRDB-70.827.1+43.7
18LY LYD70.8
19Morocco MAD70.8
20Azerbaijan AZD70.7
21Bahrain BHD70.7
22Belarus BYDB-70.722.0+48.7
23China CNDB-70.724.4+46.3
24Algeria DZD70.7
25JO JOD70.7
26Lebanon LBDB-70.724.9+45.8
27Syria SYDB-70.727.0+43.7
28TN TND70.7
29Indonesia IDDB-70.624.1+46.5
30KW KWD70.6

Why v2 — fixing change-vs-level

v1 of the Atlas Score weighted CHANGE (forecast + trend + recent incidents) at 90% and LEVEL (calibration quality) at only 10%. The consequence: countries like Russia and China graded B− despite heavy ongoing censorship, simply because nothing was actively changing this week. Egypt and Iran — same risk tier but spiking — graded D−F.

v2 adds a 50% structural baseline component derived from the past 12 months of censorship-weighted incidents, with a curated risk-tier floor for probe-blind countries (KP, TM, ER). Censorship incidents are weighted 3× heavier than network disruptions to discount upstream-outage noise. Confidence is tracked separately (0–1 field) and does not add to the score.

ComponentWeight
Structural baseline (12mo censorship + tier floor)50 pts
30-day average forecast probability20 pts
Current 7-day max risk (active spike)15 pts
24h incident density10 pts
Anomaly disagreement signal5 pts

v2 fixes v1's change-vs-level bug. Chronic-blocking countries (RU/CN/KP) now score high based on their 12-month baseline + curated risk tier. v1 remains live at /v1/atlas/score for backward compatibility.

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