# DNS blocking in BY: bbc.com, facebook.com, google.com, instagram.com, medium.com +13 more

**Country:** 🇧🇾 Belarus (BY)
**Date:** 2026-02-04
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

CensoredPlanet Satellite detected DNS blocking for 18 domains

## Metrics

- Confidence: 85%
- Measurements: 36
- Anomaly Rate: 100.0%

## Evidence

- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=bbc.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=facebook.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=google.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=instagram.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=medium.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=nytimes.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 22/22 probes anomalous (100.0%) for pornhub.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=pornhub.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for reddit.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=reddit.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=signal.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for substack.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=substack.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for telegram.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=telegram.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for theguardian.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=theguardian.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=tiktok.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tumblr.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=tumblr.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=twitter.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for whatsapp.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=whatsapp.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 20/20 probes anomalous (100.0%) for xvideos.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=xvideos.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for youtube.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=youtube.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=bbc.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=facebook.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=google.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=instagram.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=medium.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=nytimes.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 23/23 probes anomalous (100.0%) for pornhub.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=pornhub.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for reddit.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=reddit.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=signal.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for substack.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=substack.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for telegram.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=telegram.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for theguardian.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=theguardian.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 4/4 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=tiktok.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tumblr.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=tumblr.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 45/45 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=twitter.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for whatsapp.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=whatsapp.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 20/20 probes anomalous (100.0%) for xvideos.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=xvideos.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for youtube.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=BY&domain=youtube.com)

## Data Sources

censoredplanet

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). DNS blocking in BY: bbc.com, facebook.com, google.com, instagram.com, medium.com +13 more [BY-2026-0004]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/BY-2026-0004

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-05-22*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: BY-2026-0004*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/BY-2026-0004*