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Censorship detected in Iraq

Iraq · May 10, 2026 · Ongoing

CenAlert detected interference. Impact: 1.0. Reported by: DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com.

Evidence

1%
Anomaly Rate
1
Measurements
65%
Confidence

What This Means

1% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.

How We Detected This

Data Sourcecensoredplanet
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score65% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 10, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (1)

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

Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research1 record
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com"Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
May 10, 2026
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Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Censorship detected in Iraq [IQ-2026-0117]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0117

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