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Confirmed: sustained censorship in Iran (2026-06)

Iran · June 2, 2026 · Ongoing

OONI detected 3 days of elevated network interference averaging 83.3% anomaly rate.

Evidence

83%
Anomaly Rate
3
Measurements
72%
Confidence

What This Means

83% of 3 network tests from Iran failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 80+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.

How We Detected This

Data Sourceooni
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score72% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeJune 2, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (65)

Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.

OONIOpen Observatory of Network Interference65 records
blocking
"OONI signal: 39/41 measurements anomalous (95.1%)"OONI report
Signal value: 0.95
Jun 4, 2026
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blocking
"OONI whatsapp: 40/42 measurements anomalous (95.2%)"OONI report
Signal value: 0.95
Jun 4, 2026
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blocking
"OONI telegram: 39/41 measurements anomalous (95.1%)"OONI report
Signal value: 0.95
Jun 4, 2026
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blocking
"OONI signal: 43/44 measurements anomalous (97.7%)"OONI report
Signal value: 0.98
Jun 4, 2026
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blocking
"OONI whatsapp: 43/45 measurements anomalous (95.6%)"OONI report
Signal value: 0.96
Jun 4, 2026
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+ 60 more OONI records

Cite This Incident

Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: sustained censorship in Iran (2026-06) [IR-2026-0253]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/IR-2026-0253

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