Active Incident
Internet outage in Iraq
Iraq · May 24, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Iraq. 3 critical alerts recorded.
Evidence
90%
Anomaly Rate
3
Measurements
67%
Confidence
What This Means
90% of 3 network tests from Iraq failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 87+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score67% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 24, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (3)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis3 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Baghdad"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.85
May 24, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Sala ad-Din"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.90
May 24, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Al-Basrah"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.94
May 24, 2026
View source →Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Internet outage in Iraq [IQ-2026-0120]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0120