Active Incident
Internet connectivity disruption in Iraq
Iraq · April 26, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Iraq. 3 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
80%
Anomaly Rate
3
Measurements
67%
Confidence
What This Means
80% of 3 network tests from Iraq failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 77+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceioda + censoredplanet
ML ModelGradientBoosting v2 (99.8% F1, internal eval)
Confidence Score67% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeApril 26, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (63)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis62 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Baghdad"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.85
Apr 26, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Baghdad"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.80
Apr 26, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Baghdad"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.86
Apr 26, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Al-Basrah"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.86
Apr 26, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Baghdad"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.77
Apr 26, 2026
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Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research1 record
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Apr 26, 2026
View source →Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Internet connectivity disruption in Iraq [IQ-2026-0094]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0094