# Sustained censorship in BD (2026-08)

**Country:** 🇧🇩 Bangladesh (BD)
**Date:** 2026-08-01
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** WARNING
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 4 days of elevated network interference averaging 3.3% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 67%
- Measurements: 4
- Anomaly Rate: 3.3%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 47/1931 anomalous, 1 confirmed on AS142615
  - Observed: 2026-08-07
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS142615&since=2026-08-07)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 41/1688 anomalous, 1 confirmed on AS142615
  - Observed: 2026-08-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS142615&since=2026-08-05)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 23/409 anomalous, 3 confirmed on AS141729
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS141729&since=2026-08-04)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 31/1095 anomalous, 1 confirmed on AS142615
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BD&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS142615&since=2026-08-01)

## 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.
- **The mechanism** — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
- **A confirmed duration** — we report the observation window, not a verified start/stop of any block.
- **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 (2026-08) [BD-2026-0500]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/BD-2026-0500

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-13*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: BD-2026-0500*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/BD-2026-0500*