Active Incident
Confirmed: internet outage in Uganda
Uganda · May 3, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Uganda. 5 critical alerts recorded.
Evidence
70%
Anomaly Rate
5
Measurements
70%
Confidence
What This Means
70% of 5 network tests from Uganda failed to reach these services. Global baseline failure rate is typically 1-3%. This 67+ percentage point difference strongly indicates intentional blocking.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score70% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMay 3, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (5)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis5 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Jinja"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.84
May 3, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Wakiso"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.60
May 3, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Mbale"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.65
May 3, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Kampala"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.68
May 3, 2026
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"IODA detected critical level outage for Kabarole"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.74
May 3, 2026
View source →Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Confirmed: internet outage in Uganda [UG-2026-0039]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/UG-2026-0039