Active Incident
Sustained censorship in Russia (2026-05)
Russia · May 1, 2026 · Ongoing
OONI detected 3 days of elevated network interference averaging 50.0% anomaly rate.
Evidence
50%
Anomaly Rate
3
Measurements
69%
Confidence
What This Means
50% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceooni
ML ModelGradientBoosting v2 (99.8% F1, internal eval)
Confidence Score69% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 1, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (67)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
OONIOpen Observatory of Network Interference67 records
blocking
"OONI signal: 680/791 measurements anomalous (86.0%)"— OONI report
Signal value: 0.86
May 4, 2026
View source →blocking
"OONI whatsapp: 273/330 measurements anomalous (82.7%)"— OONI report
Signal value: 0.83
May 4, 2026
View source →blocking
"OONI telegram: 272/315 measurements anomalous (86.3%)"— OONI report
Signal value: 0.86
May 4, 2026
View source →tor-blocking
"OONI tor: 276/303 measurements anomalous (91.1%)"— OONI report
Signal value: 0.91
May 4, 2026
View source →blocking
"OONI signal: 901/1038 measurements anomalous (86.8%)"— OONI report
Signal value: 0.87
May 4, 2026
View source →+ 62 more OONI records
Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Sustained censorship in Russia (2026-05) [RU-2026-0216]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-0216