Sustained censorship in India (2026-07)
India · July 1, 2026 · Ongoing
OONI detected 45 days of elevated network interference averaging 7.5% anomaly rate.
Evidence
8%
Anomaly Rate
45
Measurements
75%
Confidence
What This Means
8% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceooni
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score75% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeJuly 1, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (45)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
OONIOpen Observatory of Network Interference45 records
block
"OONI per-ASN: 8/300 anomalous, 6 confirmed on AS9829"— OONI report
Signal value: 0.03
Jul 4, 2026
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"OONI per-ASN: 9/400 anomalous, 1 confirmed on AS18209"— OONI report
Signal value: 0.02
Jul 4, 2026
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"OONI per-ASN: 52/2750 anomalous, 38 confirmed on AS24309"— OONI report
Signal value: 0.02
Jul 4, 2026
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"OONI per-ASN: 410/8019 anomalous, 4 confirmed on AS24560"— OONI report
Signal value: 0.05
Jul 4, 2026
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"OONI per-ASN: 26/900 anomalous, 54 confirmed on AS55577"— OONI report
Signal value: 0.03
Jul 4, 2026
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What we cannot say
- Who caused it — measurement data alone does not attribute this to any government, ISP, or other actor.
- Intent — anomalous or unreachable measurements indicate interference, not a stated motive or a deliberate-vs-incidental determination.
- Which networks — no specific ASN/ISP is identified for this incident.
- The mechanism — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, an HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
- A confirmed duration — we report the observation window, not a verified start/stop of any block.
- Sub-national scope — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.
- Independent corroboration — this rests on a single source; treat it as a single-source signal, not a multi-source confirmation.
Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Sustained censorship in India (2026-07) [IN-2026-0268]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IN-2026-0268
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