# Censorship detected in AE

**Country:** 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (AE)
**Date:** 2026-08-31
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 87%
- Measurements (stored incident count; not the qualifying evidence count): 3
- Anomaly Rate: 93.3%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 9/14 measurements anomalous (64.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-31
  - Confidence: 76%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AE&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-31&until=2026-09-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 3/6 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-31
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AE&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-31&until=2026-09-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 14/15 measurements anomalous (93.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-31
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AE&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-31&until=2026-09-01&only=anomalies)

## What we cannot say

- **Who caused it** — measurement data alone does not attribute the interference 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.
- **Sub-national scope** — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.
- **Independent corroboration** — fewer than two source labels appear in qualifying linked evidence; stored incident source labels may include quarantined OONI observations.

## Data Sources

ooni

These source labels come from qualifying linked evidence. Historical incident source labels and quarantined observations are excluded; multiple labels alone do not establish independent corroboration.

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Censorship detected in AE [AE-2026-1499]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/AE-2026-1499

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-10-14*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: AE-2026-1499*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/AE-2026-1499*