Active Incident
Internet outage in Venezuela
Venezuela · July 1, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Venezuela. 3 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
23%
Anomaly Rate
3
Measurements
67%
Confidence
What This Means
23% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.
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 (33)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis8 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Carabobo"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.21
Jul 1, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Cojedes"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.58
Jul 1, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Yaracuy"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.60
Jul 1, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Guárico"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.64
Jul 1, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Sucre"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.53
Jul 1, 2026
View source →+ 3 more IODA records
Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research25 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 6/6 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Jul 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 6/6 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chat.openai.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Jul 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 6/6 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chatgpt.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Jul 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 6/6 probes anomalous (100.0%) for claude.ai"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Jul 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 4/4 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Jul 1, 2026
View source →+ 20 more Censored Planet records
Affected Services (12)
ChatGPTClaudeFacebookGeminiInstagramProtonVPNSignalTelegramTikTokWhatsAppXYouTube
Blocked Domains (25)
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 Venezuela [VE-2026-0560]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/VE-2026-0560
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