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Internet censorship in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan (KZ) · · Atom

10
Censorship Score
Level
low
Risk Tier
T2High
Trend
− stable
Global Rank
#17
Incidents
22

Overview

Kazakhstan implements periodic content filtering, especially during political events and protests.

Evidence provenance
10 records from 2 sources
  • IODA9 (90%)
    ASN-level outage signals + BGP
  • CensoredPlanet1 (10%)
    Satellite (DNS) + Hyperquack (HTTP/S)

Every record carries a permalink back to its upstream measurement. Click a source label to drill into the raw data for Kazakhstan.

7-Day Risk Forecast

Predictive AI

Machine learning prediction of censorship risk based on historical patterns and political events. Calibrated 2026-05-20 via isotonic refit on 810 live outcomes. See drivers + similar past events →

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Multi-horizon shutdown forecast — Kazakhstan

monotonic ok
Next 1 day
27.1%
Next 7 days
70.3%
Next 30 days
70.0%

Honest scope: this is a current-regime risk signal, not a shutdown-onset predictor. It reliably flags countries already in a sustained blocking regime; on the days a new shutdown actually begins its skill is at/below chance (transition-row AUC ~0.33). Why →

ML Intelligence

Atlas models · 2026-05-21

Composite signals from Voidly Atlas's ML model suite — censorship intensity, contagion follow-risk, expected shutdown duration and behavioral peers. Model changelog →

Voidly Score
19.9/ 100
▲ 4.65 vs yesterday
How this is computed →
Expected shutdown duration
~5days
If a critical shutdown occurs · IQR ±1d
Evidence grade mix (22)
A: 12B: 7C: 2F: 1
Grading rubric →
Try-first circumvention tool
Tor · anonymity-network · 91% probe success (works)
Full evasion table →
Behaviorally similar countries
TH94%TR93%SA91%

Similarity is behavioral (how a country blocks), not political.

Recent Incidents

10 active
Confirmed: internet outage in Kazakhstan
May 3
63% anomaly · 16 measurements
Censorship detected in Kazakhstan
Apr 29
1% anomaly · 1 measurements
Internet outage in Kazakhstan
Apr 27
21% anomaly · 4 measurements
Confirmed: internet outage in Kazakhstan
Apr 21
22% anomaly · 5 measurements
Internet outage in Kazakhstan
Apr 20
22% anomaly · 3 measurements
View all 22 incidents →

ISPs in Kazakhstan

Known blocked services

Some news during protests

Recommendations

  • Use Voidly VPN
  • Enable encrypted DNS
  • Monitor for throttling

Data

Measurements798,864
Blocked count78,813
Block rate9.9%
Last updated2026-05-23
API endpoint/data/country/KZ

Protocol breakdown

770K
Web
14K
Telegram
14K
WhatsApp

Frequently asked questions about censorship in Kazakhstan

Q01

Is the internet censored in Kazakhstan?

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Voidly classifies Kazakhstan as low (censorship score 10/100, risk tier 2: High). Kazakhstan implements periodic content filtering, especially during political events and protests.
Q02

What websites are blocked in Kazakhstan?

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Recent measurements show blocking or interference for: Some news during protests. The block-rate across all measured domains is 9.9% over 798,864 samples. Live per-domain status: https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain={domain}&country=KZ.
Q03

How does Kazakhstan's censorship compare globally?

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Kazakhstan ranks #17 on the Voidly Global Censorship Index. The current trend is stable — no significant change in block rates.
Q04

What blocking methods are used in Kazakhstan?

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Voidly's pipeline detects DNS poisoning, TCP-RESET, blockpage injection, TLS-RESET / SNI-based blocking, and ASN-level outages. The exact method per domain is in each evidence permalink (https://api.voidly.ai/data/incidents?country=KZ). Methodology: https://voidly.ai/methodology.
Q05

How fresh is the data for Kazakhstan?

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Voidly probes Kazakhstan every 5 minutes from 37+ global probe nodes. Upstream OONI, IODA, and CensoredPlanet feeds refresh every 6 hours. The country snapshot was last regenerated 2026-05-23.
Q06

How can I check if a specific website is blocked in Kazakhstan?

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Three options. (1) REST: GET https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain=twitter.com&country=KZ. (2) MCP: npx @voidly/mcp-server, then call check_domain_blocked with domain="twitter.com" country="KZ". (3) CLI: npx @voidly/cli check twitter.com KZ. All three return current status, blocking method, and evidence permalinks.
Q07

Can I use a VPN to bypass censorship in Kazakhstan?

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Use Voidly VPN Enable encrypted DNS Monitor for throttling The full per-country recommendation list is on this page below.
Q08

How do I cite Voidly's data on Kazakhstan in a paper or article?

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Use the BibTeX or RIS export at https://voidly.ai/cite/KZ (also linked from the Citation section below). Permanent incident IDs (e.g., KZ-2026-NNNN) are issued for every confirmed event. License: CC BY 4.0 — credit Voidly Research and link back.

Cite this data

Voidly Research. (2026). Kazakhstan Censorship Profile. https://voidly.ai/kz

License: CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution.

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