Active Incident
Network disruption in Bahrain
Bahrain · February 12, 2026 · 17 days
IODA detected significant connectivity drop. 1 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
34%
Anomaly Rate
3
Measurements
65%
Confidence
What This Means
34% 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 Score65% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeFebruary 12, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (18)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis5 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Ash Shamālīyah"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.20
Mar 2, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Al Muḩarraq"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.09
Mar 2, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Al Muḩarraq"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.34
Mar 2, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Al Muḩarraq"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.09
Feb 13, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Al Muḩarraq"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.09
Feb 12, 2026
View source →Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research13 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Feb 25, 2026
View source →+ 8 more Censored Planet records
Affected Services (6)
LanternProton VPNProtonVPNPsiphonTwitter/XX
Blocked Domains (4)
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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). Network disruption in Bahrain [BH-2026-0001]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/BH-2026-0001