Active Incident
Confirmed: censorship detected in Kuwait
Kuwait · August 26, 2026 · Ongoing
Evidence
50%
Anomaly Rate
1
Measurements
70%
Confidence
What This Means
50% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceooni + censoredplanet
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO mean F1 0.71, 0.63 on the countries with n≥30)
Confidence Score70% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeAugust 26, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (5)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
OONIOpen Observatory of Network Interference1 record
middlebox-detection
"OONI http_invalid_request_line: 1/2 measurements anomalous (50.0%)"— OONI report
Signal value: 0.50
Aug 26, 2026
View source →Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research4 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Aug 26, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Aug 26, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Aug 26, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Aug 26, 2026
View source →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: censorship detected in Kuwait [KW-2026-0947]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/KW-2026-0947
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