Active Incident
Confirmed: internet outage in Venezuela
Venezuela · August 19, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Venezuela. 5 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
24%
Anomaly Rate
5
Measurements
70%
Confidence
What This Means
24% 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 Score70% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeAugust 19, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (44)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis19 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Yaracuy"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.23
Aug 19, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Cojedes"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.24
Aug 19, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Falcón"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.21
Aug 19, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Yaracuy"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.26
Aug 19, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Carabobo"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.23
Aug 19, 2026
View source →+ 14 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
Aug 19, 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
Aug 19, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 6/6 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chatgpt.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Aug 19, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 6/6 probes anomalous (100.0%) for claude.ai"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Aug 19, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 5/5 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Aug 19, 2026
View source →+ 20 more Censored Planet records
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). Confirmed: internet outage in Venezuela [VE-2026-1617]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/VE-2026-1617
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