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Confirmed: sustained censorship in Russia (2026-01)

Russia · January 1, 2026 · Ongoing

OONI detected 3 days of elevated network interference averaging 92.1% anomaly rate.

Evidence

92%
Anomaly Rate
3
Measurements
75%
Confidence

What This Means

92% of 3 network tests from Russia failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 89+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.

How We Detected This

Data Sourceooni
ML ModelGradientBoosting v2 (99.8% F1, internal eval)
Confidence Score75% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeJanuary 1, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (3)

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

OONIOpen Observatory of Network Interference3 records
block
"Ongoing censorship regime"OONI report
Signal value: 0.92
Jan 3, 2026
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block
"Ongoing censorship regime"OONI report
Signal value: 0.92
Jan 2, 2026
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block
"Ongoing censorship regime"OONI report
Signal value: 0.91
Jan 1, 2026
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Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: sustained censorship in Russia (2026-01) [RU-2026-0010]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-0010

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