Active Incident
Internet outage in Iraq
Iraq · April 28, 2026 · 18 hours
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Iraq. 4 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
8%
Anomaly Rate
4
Measurements
67%
Confidence
What This Means
8% 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 Score67% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeApril 28, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (28)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis17 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Baghdad"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.85
Apr 28, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Baghdad"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.77
Apr 28, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Baghdad"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.81
Apr 28, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Baghdad"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.80
Apr 28, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Baghdad"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.78
Apr 28, 2026
View source →+ 12 more IODA records
Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research11 records
http-blocking-tcp-reset
"HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 3/6 probes blocked (50.0%) for chat.openai.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.50
Apr 28, 2026
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"HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 3/6 probes blocked (50.0%) for chatgpt.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.50
Apr 28, 2026
View source →http-blocking-tcp-reset
"HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 3/6 probes blocked (50.0%) for claude.ai"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.50
Apr 28, 2026
View source →http-blocking-tcp-reset
"HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 3/6 probes blocked (50.0%) for gemini.google.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.50
Apr 28, 2026
View source →http-blocking-tcp-reset
"HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 3/6 probes blocked (50.0%) for huggingface.co"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.50
Apr 28, 2026
View source →+ 6 more Censored Planet records
Affected Services (9)
ChatGPTClaudeGeminiInstagramSignalTelegramTwitter/XXYouTube
Blocked Domains (11)
chat.openai.comchatgpt.comclaude.aigemini.google.comhuggingface.coinstagram.comopenai.comsignal.orgtelegram.orgtwitter.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). Internet outage in Iraq [IQ-2026-0096]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0096