Active Incident
Internet outage in Morocco
Morocco · May 3, 2026 · 14 hours
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Morocco. 1 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
83%
Anomaly Rate
1
Measurements
65%
Confidence
What This Means
83% of 1 network tests from Morocco 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 Sourceioda + censoredplanet
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score65% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 3, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (34)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis9 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Fès - Boulemane"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.53
May 3, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Chaouia - Ouardigha"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.57
May 3, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Souss - Massa - Draâ"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.58
May 3, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Meknès - Tafilalet"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.57
May 3, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Rabat - Salé - Zemmour - Zaer"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.67
May 3, 2026
View source →+ 4 more IODA records
Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research25 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
May 3, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chat.openai.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
May 3, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chatgpt.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
May 3, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for claude.ai"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
May 3, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
May 3, 2026
View source →+ 20 more Censored Planet records
Affected Services (20)
BBCChatGPTClaudeFacebookGeminiInstagramLanternMediumNew York TimesProton VPNProtonVPNPsiphonSignalTelegramThe GuardianTikTokTwitter/XWhatsAppXYouTube
Blocked Domains (25)
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 Morocco [MA-2026-0080]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/MA-2026-0080
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