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Confirmed: internet outage in Iraq

Iraq · May 3, 2026 · Ongoing

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Iraq. 9 critical alerts recorded.

Evidence

66%
Anomaly Rate
9
Measurements
70%
Confidence

What This Means

66% of 9 network tests from Iraq failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 63+ 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 Score70% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 3, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (9)

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

IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis9 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Dhi-Qar"IODA report
Signal value: 0.67
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for As-Sulaymaniyah"IODA report
Signal value: 0.64
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Babil"IODA report
Signal value: 0.64
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Dihok"IODA report
Signal value: 0.77
May 3, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Al-Basrah"IODA report
Signal value: 0.68
May 3, 2026
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+ 4 more IODA records

Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: internet outage in Iraq [IQ-2026-0107]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0107

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