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Confirmed: internet outage in India

India · March 22, 2026 · 22 hours

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in India. 10 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.

Evidence

84%
Anomaly Rate
10
Measurements
75%
Confidence

What This Means

84% of 10 network tests from India failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 81+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.

How We Detected This

Data Sourceioda + censoredplanet
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score75% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMarch 22, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (32)

Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.

IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis10 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Andaman and Nicobar"IODA report
Signal value: 0.25
Mar 22, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Lakshadweep"IODA report
Signal value: 0.28
Mar 22, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Kerala"IODA report
Signal value: 0.98
Mar 22, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Delhi"IODA report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 22, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Andhra Pradesh"IODA report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 22, 2026
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+ 5 more IODA records
Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research22 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 87/87 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com"Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 22, 2026
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dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 90/90 probes anomalous (100.0%) for binance.com"Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 22, 2026
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dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 88/88 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com"Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 22, 2026
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dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 92/92 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org"Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 22, 2026
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dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 83/83 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com"Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 22, 2026
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+ 17 more Censored Planet records

Affected Services (17)

BBCFacebookInstagramLanternMediumNew York TimesProton VPNProtonVPNPsiphonSignalTelegramThe GuardianTikTokTwitter/XWhatsAppXYouTube

Blocked Domains (22)

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.
  • 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 India [IN-2026-0056]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IN-2026-0056

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