# Censorship detected in AZ

**Country:** 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (AZ)
**Date:** 2026-09-16
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 90%
- Measurements: 4
- Anomaly Rate: 100.0%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-16&until=2026-09-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 7/7 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-16&until=2026-09-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 3/3 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-16&until=2026-09-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI web_connectivity: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=AZ&test_name=web_connectivity&since=2026-09-16&until=2026-09-17&only=anomalies)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for huggingface.co
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for substack.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for theguardian.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)

## 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.
- **Sub-national scope** — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.

## Data Sources

ooni, censoredplanet

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Censorship detected in AZ [AZ-2026-1623]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/AZ-2026-1623

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-09-20*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: AZ-2026-1623*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/AZ-2026-1623*