# Sustained censorship in BY (2026-10)

**Country:** 🇧🇾 Belarus (BY)
**Date:** 2026-10-07
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 11 days of elevated network interference averaging 88.9% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 80%
- Measurements (stored incident count; not the qualifying evidence count): 11
- Anomaly Rate: 88.9%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 18 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 21 nonfailed measurements (85.7% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-09
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-09&until=2026-10-10)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 22 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 26 nonfailed measurements (84.6% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-09
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-09&until=2026-10-10)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 17 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 17 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-09
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-09&until=2026-10-10)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 18 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 18 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-08
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-08&until=2026-10-09)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 26 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 28 nonfailed measurements (92.9% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-08
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-08&until=2026-10-09)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 31 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 33 nonfailed measurements (93.9% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-08
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-08&until=2026-10-09)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 26 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 27 nonfailed measurements (96.3% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-08
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-08&until=2026-10-09)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 24 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 24 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-07
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-07&until=2026-10-08)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 23 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 26 nonfailed measurements (88.5% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-07
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-07&until=2026-10-08)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 17 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 22 nonfailed measurements (77.3% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-07
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-07&until=2026-10-08)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 16 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 17 nonfailed measurements (94.1% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-07
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-07&until=2026-10-08)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 25 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 25 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 22 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 25 nonfailed measurements (88.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 23 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 29 nonfailed measurements (79.3% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 17 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 17 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 34/36 measurements anomalous (94.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-05
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-05&until=2026-10-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 33/35 measurements anomalous (94.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-05
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-05&until=2026-10-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 22/27 measurements anomalous (81.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-05
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-05&until=2026-10-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 15/15 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-05&until=2026-10-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 30/30 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-04&until=2026-10-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 30/31 measurements anomalous (96.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-04
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-04&until=2026-10-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 35/35 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-04&until=2026-10-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 21/21 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-04&until=2026-10-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 16/16 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-03&until=2026-10-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 17/21 measurements anomalous (81.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-03
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-03&until=2026-10-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 23/23 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-03&until=2026-10-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 21/21 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-03&until=2026-10-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 20/22 measurements anomalous (90.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-02
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-02&until=2026-10-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 24/31 measurements anomalous (77.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-02
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-02&until=2026-10-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 26/30 measurements anomalous (86.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-02
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-02&until=2026-10-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 22/22 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-02&until=2026-10-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 26/27 measurements anomalous (96.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-01
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-01&until=2026-10-02&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 20/21 measurements anomalous (95.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-01
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-01&until=2026-10-02&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 14/15 measurements anomalous (93.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-01
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-01&until=2026-10-02&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 22/23 measurements anomalous (95.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-01
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=BY&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-01&until=2026-10-02&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). Sustained censorship in BY (2026-10) [BY-2026-1575]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/BY-2026-1575

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-10-15*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: BY-2026-1575*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/BY-2026-1575*