Active Incident
Confirmed: network disruption in Bangladesh
Bangladesh · January 7, 2026 · 53 days
IODA detected significant connectivity drop. 19 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
9%
Anomaly Rate
8
Measurements
70%
Confidence
What This Means
9% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceioda + censoredplanet
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score70% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeJanuary 7, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (148)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis64 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Barisal"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.02
Mar 2, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Chittagong"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.45
Feb 28, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Barisal"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.47
Feb 28, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Khulna"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.34
Feb 28, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Dhaka"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.44
Feb 28, 2026
View source →+ 59 more IODA records
Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research84 records
http-blocking-timeout
"HTTP blocking (timeout): 4/7 probes blocked (57.1%) for reddit.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.57
Mar 2, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 8/8 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 8/8 probes anomalous (100.0%) for binance.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 6/6 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 8/8 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 1, 2026
View source →+ 79 more Censored Planet records
Affected Services (17)
BBCFacebookInstagramLanternMediumNew York TimesProton VPNProtonVPNPsiphonSignalTelegramThe GuardianTikTokTwitter/XWhatsAppXYouTube
Blocked Domains (21)
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 Bangladesh [BD-2026-0003]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/BD-2026-0003
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