Active Incident
Confirmed: internet outage in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia · April 8, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Saudi Arabia. 27 critical alerts recorded.
Evidence
25%
Anomaly Rate
27
Measurements
75%
Confidence
What This Means
25% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score75% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeApril 8, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (27)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis27 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Al Madinah"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.24
Apr 8, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Tabuk"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.21
Apr 8, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Al Bahah"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.24
Apr 8, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Tabuk"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.27
Apr 8, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Jizan"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.23
Apr 8, 2026
View source →+ 22 more IODA records
Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: internet outage in Saudi Arabia [SA-2026-0037]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/SA-2026-0037