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Confirmed: internet outage in United Kingdom

United Kingdom · May 3, 2026 · Ongoing

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in United Kingdom. 162 critical alerts recorded.

Evidence

64%
Anomaly Rate
162
Measurements
75%
Confidence

What This Means

64% of 162 network tests from United Kingdom failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 61+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.

How We Detected This

Data Sourceioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v2 (99.8% F1, internal eval)
Confidence Score75% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 3, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (162)

Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.

IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis162 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Haringey"IODA report
Signal value: 0.62
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Barnet"IODA report
Signal value: 0.63
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Carrickfergus"IODA report
Signal value: 0.65
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Strabane"IODA report
Signal value: 0.60
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for East Renfrewshire"IODA report
Signal value: 0.63
May 3, 2026
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+ 157 more IODA records

Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: internet outage in United Kingdom [GB-2026-0033]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/GB-2026-0033

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