Active Incident
Confirmed: internet outage in Malaysia
Malaysia · April 19, 2026 · 10 minutes
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Malaysia. 15 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
39%
Anomaly Rate
15
Measurements
75%
Confidence
What This Means
39% 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 Score75% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeApril 19, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (34)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis15 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Selangor"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.27
Apr 19, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Kuala Lumpur"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.26
Apr 19, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Kelantan"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.42
Apr 19, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Sarawak"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.46
Apr 19, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Pulau Pinang"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.27
Apr 19, 2026
View source →+ 10 more IODA records
Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research19 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Apr 19, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Apr 19, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 14/14 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Apr 19, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Apr 19, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Apr 19, 2026
View source →+ 14 more Censored Planet records
Affected Services (17)
BBCFacebookInstagramLanternMediumNew York TimesProton VPNProtonVPNPsiphonSignalTelegramThe GuardianTikTokTwitter/XWhatsAppXYouTube
Blocked Domains (19)
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). Confirmed: internet outage in Malaysia [MY-2026-0038]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/MY-2026-0038