Active Incident
Confirmed: network disruption in Iraq
Iraq · January 8, 2026 · 52 days
IODA detected significant connectivity drop. 10 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
7%
Anomaly Rate
13
Measurements
70%
Confidence
What This Means
7% 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 TimeJanuary 8, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (69)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis43 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Diyala"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.01
Mar 2, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Al-Qadisiyah"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.01
Feb 26, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Baghdad"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.01
Feb 26, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Babil"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.02
Feb 26, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Maysan"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.01
Feb 26, 2026
View source →+ 38 more IODA records
Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research26 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for pornhub.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for xvideos.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →http-blocking-tcp-reset
"HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 3/6 probes blocked (50.0%) for instagram.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.50
Feb 27, 2026
View source →http-blocking-tcp-reset
"HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 3/6 probes blocked (50.0%) for signal.org"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.50
Feb 27, 2026
View source →+ 21 more Censored Planet records
Affected Services (8)
InstagramLanternSignalTelegramTikTokTwitter/XXYouTube
Blocked Domains (9)
getlantern.orginstagram.compornhub.comsignal.orgtelegram.orgtiktok.comtwitter.comxvideos.comyoutube.com
Click any domain to view raw OONI measurements
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: network disruption in Iraq [IQ-2026-0001]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0001
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