# Censorship detected in EG

**Country:** 🇪🇬 Egypt (EG)
**Date:** 2026-08-18
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 90%
- Measurements: 5
- Anomaly Rate: 100.0%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 10/11 measurements anomalous (90.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-18&until=2026-08-19&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 9/9 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-18&until=2026-08-19&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 14/14 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-18&until=2026-08-19&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 4/8 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-18&until=2026-08-19&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 12/12 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-18&until=2026-08-19&only=anomalies)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 4/7 probes blocked (57.1%) for chat.openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 4/7 probes blocked (57.1%) for chatgpt.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 4/7 probes blocked (57.1%) for claude.ai
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 4/7 probes blocked (57.1%) for gemini.google.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 4/7 probes blocked (57.1%) for huggingface.co
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 4/7 probes blocked (57.1%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 4/7 probes blocked (57.1%) for openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 4/7 probes blocked (57.1%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 4/7 probes blocked (57.1%) for telegram.org
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 4/7 probes blocked (57.1%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 4/7 probes blocked (57.1%) for whatsapp.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (timeout): 4/7 probes blocked (57.1%) for youtube.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [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 EG [EG-2026-1650]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/EG-2026-1650

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-10-03*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: EG-2026-1650*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/EG-2026-1650*