Censorship detected in Russia
Russia · April 23, 2026 · Ongoing
CenAlert detected interference. Impact: 0.5. Reported by: HTTP blocking (timeout): 43/86 probes blocked (50.0%) for medium.com.
Evidence
1%
Anomaly Rate
1
Measurements
65%
Confidence
What This Means
1% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.
How We Detected This
Data Sourcecensoredplanet
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score65% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeApril 23, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (1)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research1 record
http-blocking-timeout
"HTTP blocking (timeout): 43/86 probes blocked (50.0%) for medium.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.50
Apr 23, 2026
View source →Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Censorship detected in Russia [RU-2026-0192]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-0192