Active Incident
Internet outage in Pakistan
Pakistan · May 10, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Pakistan. 2 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
22%
Anomaly Rate
2
Measurements
67%
Confidence
What This Means
22% 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 TimeMay 10, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (30)
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 F.A.T.A."— IODA report
Signal value: 0.24
May 10, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Azad Kashmir"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.21
May 10, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Azad Kashmir"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.23
May 10, 2026
View source →Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research27 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 4/4 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
May 10, 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 10, 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 10, 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 10, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
May 10, 2026
View source →+ 22 more Censored Planet records
Affected Services (12)
ChatGPTClaudeFacebookGeminiInstagramProtonVPNSignalTelegramTikTokWhatsAppXYouTube
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.
- A confirmed duration — we report the observation window, not a verified start/stop of any block.
- 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 Pakistan [PK-2026-0190]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/PK-2026-0190