Voidly
Data

01 / Inside the category

Follow each record.

All returned country entries are available. Rank and source labels are preserved.

39reported country entries
2,807categorized evidence rows

Counts are from the topic response. They do not measure people, national coverage or confirmed blocks.

39 matching entries of 39 readable returned records. The source “free” label is not proof of access.

  1. #1

    China ↗

    CN
    Relative index100Source band: severe
    Evidence rows227
    3 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  2. #2

    Singapore ↗

    SG
    Relative index81Source band: severe
    Evidence rows185
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  3. #3

    Russia ↗

    RU
    Relative index78Source band: severe
    Evidence rows178
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  4. #4

    India ↗

    IN
    Relative index73Source band: severe
    Evidence rows166
    2 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  5. #5

    Vietnam ↗

    VN
    Relative index70Source band: severe
    Evidence rows160
    3 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  6. #6

    Iran ↗

    IR
    Relative index68Source band: high
    Evidence rows155
    5 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  7. #7

    Indonesia ↗

    ID
    Relative index67Source band: high
    Evidence rows153
    2 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  8. #8

    United Arab Emirates ↗

    AE
    Relative index66Source band: high
    Evidence rows150
    3 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  9. #9

    Turkey ↗

    TR
    Relative index64Source band: high
    Evidence rows146
    4 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  10. #10

    Thailand ↗

    TH
    Relative index55Source band: high
    Evidence rows125
    4 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  11. #11

    Egypt ↗

    EG
    Relative index53Source band: high
    Evidence rows121
    3 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  12. #12

    Bangladesh ↗

    BD
    Relative index48Source band: medium
    Evidence rows109
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  13. #13

    Cambodia ↗

    KH
    Relative index45Source band: medium
    Evidence rows102
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  14. #14

    Pakistan ↗

    PK
    Relative index38Source band: medium
    Evidence rows87
    3 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  15. #15

    Saudi Arabia ↗

    SA
    Relative index38Source band: medium
    Evidence rows87
    3 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  16. #16

    Iraq ↗

    IQ
    Relative index36Source band: medium
    Evidence rows82
    2 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  17. #17

    Malaysia ↗

    MY
    Relative index36Source band: medium
    Evidence rows81
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  18. #18

    Honduras ↗

    HN
    Relative index33Source band: medium
    Evidence rows76
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  19. #19

    Myanmar ↗

    MM
    Relative index33Source band: medium
    Evidence rows76
    2 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  20. #20

    Kazakhstan ↗

    KZ
    Relative index30Source band: medium
    Evidence rows68
    3 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  21. #21

    Venezuela ↗

    VE
    Relative index30Source band: medium
    Evidence rows67
    3 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  22. #22

    Qatar ↗

    QA
    Relative index27Source band: medium
    Evidence rows61
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  23. #23

    Morocco ↗

    MA
    Relative index19Source band: low
    Evidence rows43
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  24. #24

    Cuba ↗

    CU
    Relative index14Source band: low
    Evidence rows32
    3 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  25. #25

    Belarus ↗

    BY
    Relative index11Source band: low
    Evidence rows25
    3 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  26. #26

    Kuwait ↗

    KW
    Relative index4Source band: free
    Evidence rows8
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  27. #27

    Jordan ↗

    JO
    Relative index3Source band: free
    Evidence rows6
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  28. #28

    Belgium ↗

    BE
    Relative index2Source band: free
    Evidence rows4
    2 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  29. #29

    Finland ↗

    FI
    Relative index2Source band: free
    Evidence rows4
    2 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  30. #30

    Netherlands ↗

    NL
    Relative index2Source band: free
    Evidence rows4
    3 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  31. #31

    Poland ↗

    PL
    Relative index2Source band: free
    Evidence rows4
    2 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  32. #32

    Azerbaijan ↗

    AZ
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows3
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  33. #33

    Canada ↗

    CA
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows3
    2 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  34. #34

    Austria ↗

    AT
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows2
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  35. #35

    Switzerland ↗

    CH
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows2
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  36. #36

    United Kingdom ↗

    GB
    Relative index1Source band: free
    Evidence rows2
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  37. #37

    Bolivia ↗

    BO
    Relative index0Source band: free
    Evidence rows1
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  38. #38

    Czechia ↗

    CZ
    Relative index0Source band: free
    Evidence rows1
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

  39. #39

    Nigeria ↗

    NG
    Relative index0Source band: free
    Evidence rows1
    1 source domains + record fields

    Source trend: stable (the checked-in source uses a constant stable label).

02 / Why this topic matters

Multimedia & video platforms

YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, streaming services, podcasts, video sharing.

Topic context from the original guide

The MMED category covers video sharing, streaming, podcasts, and image-heavy social platforms. Blocking these is a common middle-ground tactic: it cuts off the most viral political content without the international backlash of blocking news outlets directly.

This editorial context explains the subject. The evidence-volume index does not establish intent, sequence, current restrictions or national scope.

Example domains & category boundary

These are examples from the original topic guide, not findings that these domains are blocked now or everywhere.

youtube.com ↗instagram.com ↗tumblr.com ↗twitch.tv ↗
Page slugmultimedia
API topicmultimedia
CategoryMMED

MMED groups multimedia domains. The response does not verify every app, video stream or content category on a platform.

Citizen Lab category source ↗

03 / Keep the method attached

What the index can say.

How to read the category evidence

The checked-in topic query counts all evidence rows assigned to one Citizen Lab category and groups them by country. It does not filter those rows by a blocking signal or observation date. Evidence volume therefore does not establish a confirmed block, intent or national coverage.

Relative index: round(country evidence count × 100 ÷ largest country count in this category). It is a ratio to the maximum, even though the API names its scoring method “percentile_against_max_in_category”. Scores are not comparable across topics as a measure of censorship severity. A rounded score of zero can still have evidence rows.

Source bands: severe ≥70, high ≥50, medium ≥25, low ≥10, free below 10 in the checked-in handler. These names are retained as source labels. “Free” is not a finding that a country permits access; “severe” is not independent confirmation of broad censorship.

Domains: the response field named blocked contains frequent domains in the category evidence query. It does not prove that each listed domain is blocked. The endpoint currently returns up to five per country; all returned values appear here.

Trend: the checked-in handler always emits “stable”. This preview retains that field in each record without drawing a movement chart or implying that conditions were unchanged.

Time: generated_at_utc and dateModified are set when the endpoint builds its response. They are not the latest measurement date. No observation window is inferred; source caching for five minutes is not a promise of new evidence every five minutes.

The source ecosystem includes OONI, Censored Planet, IODA and Voidly probes. This category response does not identify every contributing source. Domain categories follow the Citizen Lab test lists; example domains and returned domains have different meanings.

Voidly original material: CC BY 4.0. Upstream source terms remain applicable. Full methodology ↗

Source metadata, dates & consistency

metadata.generated_at_utc:

dateModified (response field):

Observation window begins: unavailable

Observation window ends: unavailable

Source scoring method: percentile_against_max_in_category.

Source scoring note: score = round(country_qualifying_evidence_count * 100 / max_country_count). Max in this category: 227 (China). This is a relative evidence-volume rank, not a censorship prevalence estimate..

Reported band counts

severe
5
high
6
medium
11
low
3
free
14

No count/field inconsistency was detected in the returned entries. That check does not establish source completeness.

Complete original topic response
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Dataset",
  "category": "MMED",
  "countries": [
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "instagram.com",
        "tumblr.com"
      ],
      "code": "CN",
      "country": "China",
      "level": "severe",
      "rank": 1,
      "samples": 227,
      "score": 100,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com"
      ],
      "code": "SG",
      "country": "Singapore",
      "level": "severe",
      "rank": 2,
      "samples": 185,
      "score": 81,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtu.be",
        "youtube.com",
        "instagram.com",
        "www.dailymotion.com",
        "tumblr.com"
      ],
      "code": "RU",
      "country": "Russia",
      "level": "severe",
      "rank": 3,
      "samples": 178,
      "score": 78,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "rutube.ru"
      ],
      "code": "IN",
      "country": "India",
      "level": "severe",
      "rank": 4,
      "samples": 166,
      "score": 73,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "instagram.com",
        "tumblr.com"
      ],
      "code": "VN",
      "country": "Vietnam",
      "level": "severe",
      "rank": 5,
      "samples": 160,
      "score": 70,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "instagram.com",
        "www.youtube.com",
        "www.twitch.tv",
        "www.dailymotion.com"
      ],
      "code": "IR",
      "country": "Iran",
      "level": "high",
      "rank": 6,
      "samples": 155,
      "score": 68,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "vimeo.com"
      ],
      "code": "ID",
      "country": "Indonesia",
      "level": "high",
      "rank": 7,
      "samples": 153,
      "score": 67,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "instagram.com",
        "tumblr.com"
      ],
      "code": "AE",
      "country": "United Arab Emirates",
      "level": "high",
      "rank": 8,
      "samples": 150,
      "score": 66,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "instagram.com",
        "tumblr.com",
        "rutube.ru"
      ],
      "code": "TR",
      "country": "Turkey",
      "level": "high",
      "rank": 9,
      "samples": 146,
      "score": 64,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "tumblr.com",
        "instagram.com",
        "vimeo.com"
      ],
      "code": "TH",
      "country": "Thailand",
      "level": "high",
      "rank": 10,
      "samples": 125,
      "score": 55,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "instagram.com",
        "tumblr.com"
      ],
      "code": "EG",
      "country": "Egypt",
      "level": "high",
      "rank": 11,
      "samples": 121,
      "score": 53,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com"
      ],
      "code": "BD",
      "country": "Bangladesh",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 12,
      "samples": 109,
      "score": 48,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com"
      ],
      "code": "KH",
      "country": "Cambodia",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 13,
      "samples": 102,
      "score": 45,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "tumblr.com",
        "instagram.com"
      ],
      "code": "PK",
      "country": "Pakistan",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 14,
      "samples": 87,
      "score": 38,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "instagram.com",
        "tumblr.com"
      ],
      "code": "SA",
      "country": "Saudi Arabia",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 15,
      "samples": 87,
      "score": 38,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "instagram.com"
      ],
      "code": "IQ",
      "country": "Iraq",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 16,
      "samples": 82,
      "score": 36,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com"
      ],
      "code": "MY",
      "country": "Malaysia",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 17,
      "samples": 81,
      "score": 36,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com"
      ],
      "code": "HN",
      "country": "Honduras",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 18,
      "samples": 76,
      "score": 33,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "instagram.com"
      ],
      "code": "MM",
      "country": "Myanmar",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 19,
      "samples": 76,
      "score": 33,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "tumblr.com",
        "instagram.com"
      ],
      "code": "KZ",
      "country": "Kazakhstan",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 20,
      "samples": 68,
      "score": 30,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "tumblr.com",
        "instagram.com"
      ],
      "code": "VE",
      "country": "Venezuela",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 21,
      "samples": 67,
      "score": 30,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com"
      ],
      "code": "QA",
      "country": "Qatar",
      "level": "medium",
      "rank": 22,
      "samples": 61,
      "score": 27,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com"
      ],
      "code": "MA",
      "country": "Morocco",
      "level": "low",
      "rank": 23,
      "samples": 43,
      "score": 19,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "tumblr.com",
        "instagram.com"
      ],
      "code": "CU",
      "country": "Cuba",
      "level": "low",
      "rank": 24,
      "samples": 32,
      "score": 14,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com",
        "tumblr.com",
        "instagram.com"
      ],
      "code": "BY",
      "country": "Belarus",
      "level": "low",
      "rank": 25,
      "samples": 25,
      "score": 11,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com"
      ],
      "code": "KW",
      "country": "Kuwait",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 26,
      "samples": 8,
      "score": 4,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com"
      ],
      "code": "JO",
      "country": "Jordan",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 27,
      "samples": 6,
      "score": 3,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.youtube.com",
        "vimeo.com"
      ],
      "code": "BE",
      "country": "Belgium",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 28,
      "samples": 4,
      "score": 2,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymotion.com",
        "soundcloud.com"
      ],
      "code": "FI",
      "country": "Finland",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 29,
      "samples": 4,
      "score": 2,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "soundcloud.com",
        "www.youtube.com",
        "vimeo.com"
      ],
      "code": "NL",
      "country": "Netherlands",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 30,
      "samples": 4,
      "score": 2,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.youtube.com",
        "vimeo.com"
      ],
      "code": "PL",
      "country": "Poland",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 31,
      "samples": 4,
      "score": 2,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com"
      ],
      "code": "AZ",
      "country": "Azerbaijan",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 32,
      "samples": 3,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.twitch.tv",
        "www.dailymotion.com"
      ],
      "code": "CA",
      "country": "Canada",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 33,
      "samples": 3,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "vimeo.com"
      ],
      "code": "AT",
      "country": "Austria",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 34,
      "samples": 2,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymotion.com"
      ],
      "code": "CH",
      "country": "Switzerland",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 35,
      "samples": 2,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "www.dailymotion.com"
      ],
      "code": "GB",
      "country": "United Kingdom",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 36,
      "samples": 2,
      "score": 1,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com"
      ],
      "code": "BO",
      "country": "Bolivia",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 37,
      "samples": 1,
      "score": 0,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "soundcloud.com"
      ],
      "code": "CZ",
      "country": "Czechia",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 38,
      "samples": 1,
      "score": 0,
      "trend": "stable"
    },
    {
      "blocked": [
        "youtube.com"
      ],
      "code": "NG",
      "country": "Nigeria",
      "level": "free",
      "rank": 39,
      "samples": 1,
      "score": 0,
      "trend": "stable"
    }
  ],
  "dateModified": "2026-10-23T20:54:46.317417Z",
  "description": "Country censorship rankings filtered to Citizen Lab category MMED.",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "metadata": {
    "category": "MMED",
    "countriesWithData": 39,
    "generated_at_utc": "2026-10-23T20:54:46.317417Z",
    "normalOoniObservationNote": "These linked OONI rows carry the historical signal_level='normal' stored label and are quarantined from qualifying evidence pending regrade. The label is not proof that every row was accessible or anomaly-free: low-anomaly rows and rows with an omitted confirmed result may be present.",
    "normalOoniObservations": 298,
    "scoreBasis": "qualifying_evidence_rows_excluding_normal_ooni",
    "scoreCaveat": "The score and level are relative evidence-volume bands, not censorship prevalence or national severity.",
    "scoringMethod": "percentile_against_max_in_category",
    "scoringNote": "score = round(country_qualifying_evidence_count * 100 / max_country_count). Max in this category: 227 (China). This is a relative evidence-volume rank, not a censorship prevalence estimate.",
    "storedCategorizedRows": 3105,
    "topic": "multimedia",
    "totalCategorizedEvidence": 2807
  },
  "name": "Voidly Topic Censorship Index (MMED)",
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "Voidly Research",
    "url": "https://voidly.ai"
  },
  "summary": {
    "freeCount": 14,
    "highCount": 6,
    "lowCount": 3,
    "mediumCount": 11,
    "severeCount": 5
  },
  "topic": "multimedia",
  "url": "https://voidly.ai/censorship-index"
}
Open complete source JSON ↗

04 / Use the evidence

The right topic URL.

Page slugmultimedia
API topicmultimedia
CategoryMMED

curl & JavaScript

The public JSON endpoint does not require an API key. Its current cache header is five minutes; this is not a guarantee of new measurements.

curl 'https://api.voidly.ai/data/censorship-index.json?topic=multimedia'
const response = await fetch('https://api.voidly.ai/data/censorship-index.json?topic=multimedia')
if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Topic source unavailable')
const data = await response.json()
console.log(data.countries)
API docs ↗Open data ↗Methodology ↗
Topic embed: current limitation

The original guide supplied the iframe below. The current widget reads country, theme and size, but ignores topic and defaults to a country view. This snippet is retained for reference; it does not currently deliver a topic ranking. No iframe is loaded here.

<iframe
  src="https://voidly.ai/widget/embed?topic=multimedia"
  width="100%"
  height="500"
  frameborder="0"
  title="Voidly censorship: Multimedia & video">
</iframe>

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@misc{voidly-topic-multimedia,
  author       = {{Voidly Research}},
  title        = {Multimedia \& video — category evidence by country},
  url          = {https://voidly.ai/topics/multimedia},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  organization = {Voidly},
  note         = {Voidly reference. Publication date not supplied. Voidly original material: CC BY 4.0; upstream material retains its own terms.}
}

APA

Voidly Research. (n.d.). Multimedia & video — category evidence by country. Voidly. Retrieved 2026-10-23, from https://voidly.ai/topics/multimedia

Chicago (Author-Date)

Voidly Research. n.d.. “Multimedia & video — category evidence by country.” Voidly. Accessed 2026-10-23. https://voidly.ai/topics/multimedia.

MLA

Voidly Research. “Multimedia & video — category evidence by country.” Voidly, https://voidly.ai/topics/multimedia. Accessed 2026-10-23.

Markdown

[Multimedia & video — category evidence by country](https://voidly.ai/topics/multimedia) — Voidly Research, n.d.. Accessed 2026-10-23. Voidly original material: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); upstream terms apply.

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