Active Incident
Confirmed: dNS blocking in Turkey: bbc.com, facebook.com, google.com, instagram.com, medium.com +13 more
Turkey · February 4, 2026 · 4 days
CensoredPlanet Satellite detected DNS blocking for 18 domains
Evidence
100%
Anomaly Rate
36
Measurements
85%
Confidence
What This Means
100% of 36 network tests from Turkey failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 97+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.
How We Detected This
Data Sourcecensoredplanet
ML ModelGradientBoosting v2 (99.8% F1, internal eval)
Confidence Score85% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeFebruary 4, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (36)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research36 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 90/90 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Feb 8, 2026
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"DNS blocking detected: 81/81 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Feb 8, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 83/83 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Feb 8, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 85/85 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Feb 8, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 85/85 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Feb 8, 2026
View source →+ 31 more Censored Planet records
Blocked Domains (5)
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Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: dNS blocking in Turkey: bbc.com, facebook.com, google.com, instagram.com, medium.com +13 more [TR-2026-0006]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/TR-2026-0006