Internet censorship in Venezuela
Venezuela (VE) · · Atom
16
Censorship Score
Level
lowRisk Tier
T2HighTrend
− stableGlobal Rank
#3Incidents
—Overview
Venezuela blocks opposition news sites and social media during political unrest. Internet shutdowns occur during protests.
Evidence provenance
No evidence records attached to this country yet. Once probes or upstream alerts fire, attribution appears here.
7-Day Risk Forecast
Predictive AIMachine 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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ML Intelligence
Atlas models · 2026-05-21Composite signals from Voidly Atlas's ML model suite — censorship intensity, contagion follow-risk, expected shutdown duration and behavioral peers. Model changelog →
Expected shutdown duration
~5days
If a critical shutdown occurs · IQR ±2d
Try-first circumvention tool
Tor · anonymity-network · 97% probe success (works)
Recent Incidents
No incidents recorded for Venezuela.
ISPs in Venezuela
Known blocked services
Some news sitesSocial media during protests
Recommendations
- Use Voidly VPN
- Enable kill switch
- Use mesh networking during shutdowns
Data
Measurements947,114
Blocked count169,642
Block rate17.9%
Last updated2026-08-13
API endpoint
/data/country/VEProtocol breakdown
919K
Web
14K
Telegram
14K
WhatsApp
Frequently asked questions about censorship in Venezuela
Q01Is the internet censored in Venezuela?
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Voidly classifies Venezuela as low (censorship score 16/100, risk tier 2: High). Venezuela blocks opposition news sites and social media during political unrest. Internet shutdowns occur during protests.
Q02What websites are blocked in Venezuela?
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Recent measurements show blocking or interference for: Some news sites, Social media during protests. The block-rate across all measured domains is 17.9% over 947,114 samples. Live per-domain status: https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain={domain}&country=VE.
Q03How does Venezuela's censorship compare globally?
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Venezuela ranks #3 on the Voidly Global Censorship Index. The current trend is stable — no significant change in block rates.
Q04What blocking methods are used in Venezuela?
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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=VE). Methodology: https://voidly.ai/methodology.
Q05How fresh is the data for Venezuela?
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Voidly probes Venezuela every 5 minutes from 37+ global probe nodes. Upstream OONI, IODA, and CensoredPlanet feeds refresh every 6 hours. The country snapshot was last regenerated 2026-08-13.
Q06How can I check if a specific website is blocked in Venezuela?
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Three options. (1) REST: GET https://api.voidly.ai/v1/accessibility/check?domain=twitter.com&country=VE. (2) MCP: npx @voidly/mcp-server, then call check_domain_blocked with domain="twitter.com" country="VE". (3) CLI: npx @voidly/cli check twitter.com VE. All three return current status, blocking method, and evidence permalinks.
Q07Can I use a VPN to bypass censorship in Venezuela?
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Use Voidly VPN Enable kill switch Use mesh networking during shutdowns The full per-country recommendation list is on this page below.
Q08How do I cite Voidly's data on Venezuela in a paper or article?
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Use the BibTeX or RIS export at https://voidly.ai/cite/VE (also linked from the Citation section below). Permanent incident IDs (e.g., VE-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). Venezuela Censorship Profile. https://voidly.ai/ve
License: CC BY 4.0 — free to use with attribution.