Active Incident
Internet outage in United Kingdom
United Kingdom · May 5, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in United Kingdom. 1 critical alerts recorded.
Evidence
78%
Anomaly Rate
1
Measurements
65%
Confidence
What This Means
78% of 1 network tests from United Kingdom failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 75+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score65% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 5, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (1)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis1 record
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Westminster"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.78
May 5, 2026
View source →Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Internet outage in United Kingdom [GB-2026-0034]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/GB-2026-0034