Active Incident
Internet outage in Iraq
Iraq · July 1, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Iraq. 3 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
90%
Anomaly Rate
3
Measurements
67%
Confidence
What This Means
90% of 3 network tests from Iraq failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 87+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceioda + censoredplanet
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score67% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeJuly 1, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (4)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis3 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Baghdad"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.86
Jul 1, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Sala ad-Din"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.92
Jul 1, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Al-Basrah"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.91
Jul 1, 2026
View source →Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research1 record
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Jul 1, 2026
View source →Blocked Domains (1)
Click any domain to view raw OONI measurements
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.
Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Internet outage in Iraq [IQ-2026-0237]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0237
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