# Sustained censorship in BD (2026-02)

**Country:** 🇧🇩 Bangladesh (BD)
**Date:** 2026-02-08
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 10 days of elevated network interference averaging 62.7% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 77%
- Measurements: 10
- Anomaly Rate: 62.7%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 11/20 measurements anomalous (55.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 72%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-02-25&until=2026-02-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 4/7 measurements anomalous (57.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-24
  - Confidence: 73%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-02-24&until=2026-02-24&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 5/9 measurements anomalous (55.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-20
  - Confidence: 72%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-02-20&until=2026-02-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 9/16 measurements anomalous (56.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-20
  - Confidence: 72%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-02-20&until=2026-02-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 10/20 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-19
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-02-19&until=2026-02-19&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 8/15 measurements anomalous (53.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-02-18&until=2026-02-18&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 4/8 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-02-18&until=2026-02-18&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 1/2 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-09
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-09&until=2026-02-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-02-08&until=2026-02-08&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=telegram&since=2026-02-08&until=2026-02-08&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.
- **The mechanism** — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, 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.
- **Independent corroboration** — this rests on a single source; treat it as a single-source signal, not a multi-source confirmation.

## Data Sources

ooni

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Sustained censorship in BD (2026-02) [BD-2026-0209]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/BD-2026-0209

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-06-21*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: BD-2026-0209*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/BD-2026-0209*