Active Incident
Confirmed: network disruption in Russia
Russia · January 8, 2026 · 52 days
IODA detected significant connectivity drop. 48 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
83%
Anomaly Rate
31
Measurements
70%
Confidence
What This Means
83% of 31 network tests from Russia 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 Score70% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeJanuary 8, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (409)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis285 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for North Ossetia"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.03
Mar 2, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Tver'"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.01
Mar 1, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Novgorod"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.01
Mar 1, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Moskva"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.86
Feb 28, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for City of St. Petersburg"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.77
Feb 28, 2026
View source →+ 280 more IODA records
Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research124 records
http-blocking-timeout
"HTTP blocking (timeout): 126/179 probes blocked (70.4%) for bbc.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.70
Mar 2, 2026
View source →http-blocking-timeout
"HTTP blocking (timeout): 122/179 probes blocked (68.2%) for facebook.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.68
Mar 2, 2026
View source →http-blocking-timeout
"HTTP blocking (timeout): 123/178 probes blocked (69.1%) for instagram.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.69
Mar 2, 2026
View source →http-blocking-timeout
"HTTP blocking (timeout): 119/178 probes blocked (66.9%) for medium.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.67
Mar 2, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 239/239 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →+ 119 more Censored Planet records
Affected Services (17)
BBCFacebookInstagramLanternMediumNew York TimesProton VPNProtonVPNPsiphonSignalTelegramThe GuardianTikTokTwitter/XWhatsAppXYouTube
Blocked Domains (22)
bbc.combinance.comfacebook.comgetlantern.orggoogle.cominstagram.commedium.comnytimes.compornhub.comprotonvpn.compsiphon.careddit.comsignal.orgsubstack.comtelegram.orgtheguardian.comtiktok.comtumblr.comtwitter.comwhatsapp.comand 2 more
Click any domain to view raw OONI measurements
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: network disruption in Russia [RU-2026-0011]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-0011