Confirmed: censorship detected in Belarus

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Incident record · Belarus

Censorship detected in BY

Type: censorship
Status: suspected
Severity: critical

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Source summary

No description was supplied in this record.

Open incident JSON

Reported anomaly rate: 100%
Source measurement count: 4
Incident confidence: 90%

Linked evidence has its own count and confidence fields. These quantities are not interchangeable.

Follow the evidence

8 linked records.

Inspect the observation, the upstream claim and why it was linked.

Linked observation dates

8 dated · 0 without a verified timezone

OONI4 linked records

Censored Planet4 linked records

Aug 2, 2026 · 00:00 UTCAug 2, 2026 · 18:00 UTC

Each point is a linked record. Horizontal position shows observation time; stacking separates nearby points. The full records below provide the values. This is not a measured outage-duration chart.

Upstream claims are attributed to their source. Multiple records or source names do not by themselves establish independent corroboration.

OONI4 records · open evidence

tor-blocking · critical

ooni:live:BY:tor:2026-08-02:18

Aug 2, 2026 · 18:00 UTC

OONI tor: 36/36 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
Upstream claim · OONI

Signal value: 1
Signal baseline: Unavailable
Evidence confidence: 90%
Link confidence: 90%

Why it is linked: OONI live measurements

Retrieved: Aug 3, 2026 · 03:00 UTC

Open upstream source

Complete evidence record

{
  "asn": null,
  "blockingMethod": null,
  "confidence": 0.9,
  "continent": "Europe",
  "countryCode": "BY",
  "domain": null,
  "domainCategory": null,
  "id": 282462947,
  "kind": "measurement",
  "linkConfidence": 0.9,
  "linkReason": "OONI live measurements",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-02T18:00:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": null,
  "retrievedAt": "2026-08-03T03:00:52.565146Z",
  "riskTier": 2,
  "signalBaseline": null,
  "signalLevel": "critical",
  "signalType": "tor-blocking",
  "signalValue": 1,
  "source": "ooni",
  "sourceRef": "ooni:live:BY:tor:2026-08-02:18",
  "sourceUrl": "https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-02&until=2026-08-03&only=anomalies",
  "unSubregion": "Eastern Europe",
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "OONI tor: 36/36 measurements anomalous (100.0%)",
  "upstreamSeverity": null
}

tor-blocking · critical

ooni:live:BY:tor:2026-08-02:12

Aug 2, 2026 · 12:00 UTC

OONI tor: 31/31 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
Upstream claim · OONI

Signal value: 1
Signal baseline: Unavailable
Evidence confidence: 90%
Link confidence: 90%

Why it is linked: OONI live measurements

Retrieved: Aug 3, 2026 · 03:00 UTC

Open upstream source

Complete evidence record

{
  "asn": null,
  "blockingMethod": null,
  "confidence": 0.9,
  "continent": "Europe",
  "countryCode": "BY",
  "domain": null,
  "domainCategory": null,
  "id": 282462946,
  "kind": "measurement",
  "linkConfidence": 0.9,
  "linkReason": "OONI live measurements",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-02T12:00:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": null,
  "retrievedAt": "2026-08-03T03:00:52.565146Z",
  "riskTier": 2,
  "signalBaseline": null,
  "signalLevel": "critical",
  "signalType": "tor-blocking",
  "signalValue": 1,
  "source": "ooni",
  "sourceRef": "ooni:live:BY:tor:2026-08-02:12",
  "sourceUrl": "https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-02&until=2026-08-03&only=anomalies",
  "unSubregion": "Eastern Europe",
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "OONI tor: 31/31 measurements anomalous (100.0%)",
  "upstreamSeverity": null
}

tor-blocking · critical

ooni:live:BY:tor:2026-08-02:06

Aug 2, 2026 · 06:00 UTC

OONI tor: 35/35 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
Upstream claim · OONI

Signal value: 1
Signal baseline: Unavailable
Evidence confidence: 90%
Link confidence: 90%

Why it is linked: OONI live measurements

Retrieved: Aug 3, 2026 · 03:00 UTC

Open upstream source

Complete evidence record

{
  "asn": null,
  "blockingMethod": null,
  "confidence": 0.9,
  "continent": "Europe",
  "countryCode": "BY",
  "domain": null,
  "domainCategory": null,
  "id": 282462945,
  "kind": "measurement",
  "linkConfidence": 0.9,
  "linkReason": "OONI live measurements",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-02T06:00:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": null,
  "retrievedAt": "2026-08-03T03:00:52.565146Z",
  "riskTier": 2,
  "signalBaseline": null,
  "signalLevel": "critical",
  "signalType": "tor-blocking",
  "signalValue": 1,
  "source": "ooni",
  "sourceRef": "ooni:live:BY:tor:2026-08-02:06",
  "sourceUrl": "https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-02&until=2026-08-03&only=anomalies",
  "unSubregion": "Eastern Europe",
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "OONI tor: 35/35 measurements anomalous (100.0%)",
  "upstreamSeverity": null
}

tor-blocking · critical

ooni:live:BY:tor:2026-08-02:00

Aug 2, 2026 · 00:00 UTC

OONI tor: 30/30 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
Upstream claim · OONI

Signal value: 1
Signal baseline: Unavailable
Evidence confidence: 90%
Link confidence: 90%

Why it is linked: OONI live measurements

Retrieved: Aug 3, 2026 · 03:00 UTC

Open upstream source

Complete evidence record

{
  "asn": null,
  "blockingMethod": null,
  "confidence": 0.9,
  "continent": "Europe",
  "countryCode": "BY",
  "domain": null,
  "domainCategory": null,
  "id": 282462944,
  "kind": "measurement",
  "linkConfidence": 0.9,
  "linkReason": "OONI live measurements",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-02T00:00:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": null,
  "retrievedAt": "2026-08-03T03:00:52.565146Z",
  "riskTier": 2,
  "signalBaseline": null,
  "signalLevel": "critical",
  "signalType": "tor-blocking",
  "signalValue": 1,
  "source": "ooni",
  "sourceRef": "ooni:live:BY:tor:2026-08-02:00",
  "sourceUrl": "https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-02&until=2026-08-03&only=anomalies",
  "unSubregion": "Eastern Europe",
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "OONI tor: 30/30 measurements anomalous (100.0%)",
  "upstreamSeverity": null
}

Censored Planet4 records · open evidence

dns-blocking · critical

censoredplanet:satellite:BY:facebook.com:2026-08-02

Aug 2, 2026 · 00:00 UTC

DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com
Upstream claim · Censored Planet

Signal value: 1
Signal baseline: Unavailable
Evidence confidence: 90%
Link confidence: 80%

Why it is linked: CenAlert event for same country and date range

Domain: facebook.com
Retrieved: Aug 3, 2026 · 03:49 UTC

Open upstream source

Complete evidence record

{
  "asn": 6697,
  "blockingMethod": null,
  "confidence": 0.8999999999999999,
  "continent": "Europe",
  "countryCode": "BY",
  "domain": "facebook.com",
  "domainCategory": "GRP",
  "id": 282469471,
  "kind": "dns-probe",
  "linkConfidence": 0.8,
  "linkReason": "CenAlert event for same country and date range",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-02T00:00:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": null,
  "retrievedAt": "2026-08-03T03:49:44.095611Z",
  "riskTier": 2,
  "signalBaseline": null,
  "signalLevel": "critical",
  "signalType": "dns-blocking",
  "signalValue": 1,
  "source": "censoredplanet",
  "sourceRef": "censoredplanet:satellite:BY:facebook.com:2026-08-02",
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.censoredplanet.org",
  "unSubregion": "Eastern Europe",
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com",
  "upstreamSeverity": null
}

dns-blocking · critical

censoredplanet:satellite:BY:instagram.com:2026-08-02

Aug 2, 2026 · 00:00 UTC

DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com
Upstream claim · Censored Planet

Signal value: 1
Signal baseline: Unavailable
Evidence confidence: 90%
Link confidence: 80%

Why it is linked: CenAlert event for same country and date range

Domain: instagram.com
Retrieved: Aug 3, 2026 · 03:49 UTC

Open upstream source

Complete evidence record

{
  "asn": 6697,
  "blockingMethod": null,
  "confidence": 0.8999999999999999,
  "continent": "Europe",
  "countryCode": "BY",
  "domain": "instagram.com",
  "domainCategory": "GRP",
  "id": 282469562,
  "kind": "dns-probe",
  "linkConfidence": 0.8,
  "linkReason": "CenAlert event for same country and date range",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-02T00:00:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": null,
  "retrievedAt": "2026-08-03T03:49:44.095611Z",
  "riskTier": 2,
  "signalBaseline": null,
  "signalLevel": "critical",
  "signalType": "dns-blocking",
  "signalValue": 1,
  "source": "censoredplanet",
  "sourceRef": "censoredplanet:satellite:BY:instagram.com:2026-08-02",
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.censoredplanet.org",
  "unSubregion": "Eastern Europe",
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com",
  "upstreamSeverity": null
}

dns-blocking · critical

censoredplanet:satellite:BY:protonvpn.com:2026-08-02

Aug 2, 2026 · 00:00 UTC

DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com
Upstream claim · Censored Planet

Signal value: 1
Signal baseline: Unavailable
Evidence confidence: 90%
Link confidence: 80%

Why it is linked: CenAlert event for same country and date range

Domain: protonvpn.com
Retrieved: Aug 3, 2026 · 03:49 UTC

Open upstream source

Complete evidence record

{
  "asn": 6697,
  "blockingMethod": null,
  "confidence": 0.8999999999999999,
  "continent": "Europe",
  "countryCode": "BY",
  "domain": "protonvpn.com",
  "domainCategory": "ANON",
  "id": 282469653,
  "kind": "dns-probe",
  "linkConfidence": 0.8,
  "linkReason": "CenAlert event for same country and date range",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-02T00:00:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": null,
  "retrievedAt": "2026-08-03T03:49:44.095611Z",
  "riskTier": 2,
  "signalBaseline": null,
  "signalLevel": "critical",
  "signalType": "dns-blocking",
  "signalValue": 1,
  "source": "censoredplanet",
  "sourceRef": "censoredplanet:satellite:BY:protonvpn.com:2026-08-02",
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.censoredplanet.org",
  "unSubregion": "Eastern Europe",
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com",
  "upstreamSeverity": null
}

dns-blocking · critical

censoredplanet:satellite:BY:twitter.com:2026-08-02

Aug 2, 2026 · 00:00 UTC

DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com
Upstream claim · Censored Planet

Signal value: 1
Signal baseline: Unavailable
Evidence confidence: 90%
Link confidence: 80%

Why it is linked: CenAlert event for same country and date range

Domain: twitter.com
Retrieved: Aug 3, 2026 · 03:49 UTC

Open upstream source

Complete evidence record

{
  "asn": 6697,
  "blockingMethod": null,
  "confidence": 0.8999999999999999,
  "continent": "Europe",
  "countryCode": "BY",
  "domain": "twitter.com",
  "domainCategory": "GRP",
  "id": 282469880,
  "kind": "dns-probe",
  "linkConfidence": 0.8,
  "linkReason": "CenAlert event for same country and date range",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-02T00:00:00Z",
  "probeNodeId": null,
  "regionCode": null,
  "retrievedAt": "2026-08-03T03:49:44.095611Z",
  "riskTier": 2,
  "signalBaseline": null,
  "signalLevel": "critical",
  "signalType": "dns-blocking",
  "signalValue": 1,
  "source": "censoredplanet",
  "sourceRef": "censoredplanet:satellite:BY:twitter.com:2026-08-02",
  "sourceUrl": "https://data.censoredplanet.org",
  "unSubregion": "Eastern Europe",
  "upstreamCause": null,
  "upstreamClaim": "DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com",
  "upstreamSeverity": null
}

Source-reported corroboration

The source’s corroboration assessment is separate from incident confidence and evidence-link confidence. Inspect its source list, count and description.

{
  "description": "Corroborated by 2 sources: censoredplanet, ooni",
  "evidenceCount": 8,
  "level": "medium",
  "score": 0.85,
  "sourceCount": 2,
  "sources": [
    "censoredplanet",
    "ooni"
  ]
}

Declared incident sources: OONI · Censored Planet.

Scope and attribution

What the record names.

Methodology

Affected services

FacebookInstagramProton VPNProtonVPNTorTwitter/XX

Incident mechanism

Tor blocking

Individual evidence may carry more specific methods. Those do not automatically describe the entire incident.

Affected domains · 4

Domains named by the source record. Each link opens country-specific OONI measurements; a named domain is not a blanket national-block verdict.

facebook.com instagram.com protonvpn.com twitter.com

Networks and evidence attribution

ASNs named by this source record: AS6697.

This aggregate describes fields literally present in linked evidence. It does not identify who caused an event or prove intent.

{
  "asns_attributed": 4,
  "domains_attributed": 4,
  "methods": [
    {
      "evidence_count": 4,
      "method": "tor-blocking"
    },
    {
      "evidence_count": 4,
      "method": "dns-blocking"
    }
  ],
  "note": "Aggregated from this incident's linked evidence rows — only domains, ASNs, and blocking methods the evidence literally records are shown, with the per-item evidence count.",
  "sources": [
    "censoredplanet",
    "ooni"
  ],
  "top_asns": [
    {
      "asn": "AS6697",
      "evidence_count": 4
    }
  ],
  "top_domains": [
    {
      "domain": "facebook.com",
      "evidence_count": 1
    },
    {
      "domain": "instagram.com",
      "evidence_count": 1
    },
    {
      "domain": "protonvpn.com",
      "evidence_count": 1
    },
    {
      "domain": "twitter.com",
      "evidence_count": 1
    }
  ]
}

What this record cannot establish

Measurements alone do not attribute an event to a government, ISP or another actor, and do not establish intent. An outage or anomalous result can have several explanations.

The country label is an aggregation scope. It is not a census of every network, city or service. Regional or ASN fields belong to their individual source evidence and should not be expanded into a national claim.

The source observation window and evidence timestamps do not prove an exact start and stop of blocking.

Signal definitions, baseline rates and model versions depend on the source. This record does not establish a common baseline or calibrated certainty. Use the source’s specific signal definition and evaluation before interpreting a score.

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APA citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Censorship detected in BY [BY-2026-1478]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/BY-2026-1478

The record over time.

Created: 2026-08-03 03:06:54.945531 · timezone unspecified
Last updated: 2026-08-03 06:00:07.750310 · timezone unspecified
Revision: 2

Revision history and original fields

Revision-history array unavailable.

Canonical ID: BY-2026-1478. Source ID: BY-2026-1478. Hash ID: 81667a49f0a0.

Additional source duration field: 23.9997 hours. It is retained separately from the minutes field and does not establish a verified event duration.

Complete source JSON

{
  "affectedAsns": [
    "AS6697"
  ],
  "affectedDomains": [
    "facebook.com",
    "instagram.com",
    "protonvpn.com",
    "twitter.com"
  ],
  "affectedServices": [
    "Facebook",
    "Instagram",
    "Proton VPN",
    "ProtonVPN",
    "Tor",
    "Twitter/X",
    "X"
  ],
  "anomalyRate": 1,
  "attribution": {
    "asns_attributed": 4,
    "domains_attributed": 4,
    "methods": [
      {
        "evidence_count": 4,
        "method": "tor-blocking"
      },
      {
        "evidence_count": 4,
        "method": "dns-blocking"
      }
    ],
    "note": "Aggregated from this incident's linked evidence rows — only domains, ASNs, and blocking methods the evidence literally records are shown, with the per-item evidence count.",
    "sources": [
      "censoredplanet",
      "ooni"
    ],
    "top_asns": [
      {
        "asn": "AS6697",
        "evidence_count": 4
      }
    ],
    "top_domains": [
      {
        "domain": "facebook.com",
        "evidence_count": 1
      },
      {
        "domain": "instagram.com",
        "evidence_count": 1
      },
      {
        "domain": "protonvpn.com",
        "evidence_count": 1
      },
      {
        "domain": "twitter.com",
        "evidence_count": 1
      }
    ]
  },
  "confidence": 0.9,
  "corroboration": {
    "description": "Corroborated by 2 sources: censoredplanet, ooni",
    "evidenceCount": 8,
    "level": "medium",
    "score": 0.85,
    "sourceCount": 2,
    "sources": [
      "censoredplanet",
      "ooni"
    ]
  },
  "country": "BY",
  "countryName": "Belarus",
  "createdAt": "2026-08-03T03:06:54.945531",
  "description": null,
  "duration": 1439,
  "durationHours": 23.9997,
  "endTime": "2026-08-02T23:59:59Z",
  "evidence": [
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      "asn": null,
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      "domain": null,
      "domainCategory": null,
      "id": 282462947,
      "kind": "measurement",
      "linkConfidence": 0.9,
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      "regionCode": null,
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      "riskTier": 2,
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      "source": "ooni",
      "sourceRef": "ooni:live:BY:tor:2026-08-02:18",
      "sourceUrl": "https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-02&until=2026-08-03&only=anomalies",
      "unSubregion": "Eastern Europe",
      "upstreamCause": null,
      "upstreamClaim": "OONI tor: 36/36 measurements anomalous (100.0%)",
      "upstreamSeverity": null
    },
    {
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      "kind": "measurement",
      "linkConfidence": 0.9,
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      "observedAt": "2026-08-02T12:00:00Z",
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      "regionCode": null,
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      "source": "ooni",
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      "unSubregion": "Eastern Europe",
      "upstreamCause": null,
      "upstreamClaim": "OONI tor: 31/31 measurements anomalous (100.0%)",
      "upstreamSeverity": null
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    {
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      "regionCode": null,
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      "riskTier": 2,
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      "signalLevel": "critical",
      "signalType": "tor-blocking",
      "signalValue": 1,
      "source": "ooni",
      "sourceRef": "ooni:live:BY:tor:2026-08-02:06",
      "sourceUrl": "https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-02&until=2026-08-03&only=anomalies",
      "unSubregion": "Eastern Europe",
      "upstreamCause": null,
      "upstreamClaim": "OONI tor: 35/35 measurements anomalous (100.0%)",
      "upstreamSeverity": null
    },
    {
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      "linkReason": "OONI live measurements",
      "observedAt": "2026-08-02T00:00:00Z",
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      "regionCode": null,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-08-03T03:00:52.565146Z",
      "riskTier": 2,
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      "signalType": "tor-blocking",
      "signalValue": 1,
      "source": "ooni",
      "sourceRef": "ooni:live:BY:tor:2026-08-02:00",
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      "unSubregion": "Eastern Europe",
      "upstreamCause": null,
      "upstreamClaim": "OONI tor: 30/30 measurements anomalous (100.0%)",
      "upstreamSeverity": null
    },
    {
      "asn": 6697,
      "blockingMethod": null,
      "confidence": 0.8999999999999999,
      "continent": "Europe",
      "countryCode": "BY",
      "domain": "facebook.com",
      "domainCategory": "GRP",
      "id": 282469471,
      "kind": "dns-probe",
      "linkConfidence": 0.8,
      "linkReason": "CenAlert event for same country and date range",
      "observedAt": "2026-08-02T00:00:00Z",
      "probeNodeId": null,
      "regionCode": null,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-08-03T03:49:44.095611Z",
      "riskTier": 2,
      "signalBaseline": null,
      "signalLevel": "critical",
      "signalType": "dns-blocking",
      "signalValue": 1,
      "source": "censoredplanet",
      "sourceRef": "censoredplanet:satellite:BY:facebook.com:2026-08-02",
      "sourceUrl": "https://data.censoredplanet.org",
      "unSubregion": "Eastern Europe",
      "upstreamCause": null,
      "upstreamClaim": "DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com",
      "upstreamSeverity": null
    },
    {
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}

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