Active Incident
Censorship detected in Qatar
Qatar · February 18, 2026 · Ongoing
CenAlert detected interference. Impact: 1.0. Reported by: DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.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 TimeFebruary 18, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (19)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research19 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Feb 18, 2026
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"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for binance.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Feb 18, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Feb 18, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Feb 18, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Feb 18, 2026
View source →+ 14 more Censored Planet records
Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Censorship detected in Qatar [QA-2026-0008]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/QA-2026-0008