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Active Incident

Confirmed: network disruption in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan · January 15, 2026 · 45 days

IODA detected significant connectivity drop. 2 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.

Evidence

28%
Anomaly Rate
13
Measurements
70%
Confidence

What This Means

28% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.

How We Detected This

Data Sourcecensoredplanet + ioda
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score70% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeJanuary 15, 2026

Corroborating Evidence (75)

Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.

IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis19 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Xaçmaz"IODA report
Signal value: 0.04
Mar 1, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Sumqayıt"IODA report
Signal value: 0.23
Mar 1, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Sumqayıt"IODA report
Signal value: 0.23
Mar 1, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Sumqayıt"IODA report
Signal value: 0.21
Feb 28, 2026
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outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Quba"IODA report
Signal value: 0.10
Feb 28, 2026
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+ 14 more IODA records
Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research56 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com"Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
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dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for binance.com"Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
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dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org"Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
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dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com"Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
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dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com"Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
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+ 51 more Censored Planet records

Affected Services (14)

BBCFacebookInstagramLanternMediumNew York TimesProton VPNProtonVPNPsiphonSignalThe GuardianTikTokTwitter/XX

Blocked Domains (16)

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 Azerbaijan [AZ-2026-0001]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/AZ-2026-0001

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