# Sustained censorship in EG (2026-09)

**Country:** 🇪🇬 Egypt (EG)
**Date:** 2026-09-01
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** WARNING
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 5 days of elevated network interference averaging 5.6% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 70%
- Measurements: 5
- Anomaly Rate: 5.6%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 19/19 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-05&until=2026-09-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 10/12 measurements anomalous (83.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-05
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-05&until=2026-09-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 12/12 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-05&until=2026-09-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 8/8 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-05&until=2026-09-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 22/400 anomalous, 2 confirmed on AS13335
  - Observed: 2026-09-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS13335&since=2026-09-05)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 7/7 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-04&until=2026-09-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 14/14 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-04&until=2026-09-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 17/17 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-04&until=2026-09-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 8/8 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-04&until=2026-09-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 39/592 anomalous, 2 confirmed on AS13335
  - Observed: 2026-09-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS13335&since=2026-09-04)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 10/10 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-03&until=2026-09-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 16/16 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-03&until=2026-09-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 19/19 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-03&until=2026-09-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 7/7 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-03&until=2026-09-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 48/700 anomalous, 1 confirmed on AS13335
  - Observed: 2026-09-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS13335&since=2026-09-03)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 12/12 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 15/15 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 11/12 measurements anomalous (91.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 7/7 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 18/400 anomalous, 1 confirmed on AS13335
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS13335&since=2026-09-02)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 8/8 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-01&until=2026-09-02&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 9/9 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-01&until=2026-09-02&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 11/11 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-01&until=2026-09-02&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-01&until=2026-09-02&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 28/600 anomalous, 1 confirmed on AS13335
  - Observed: 2026-09-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS13335&since=2026-09-01)

## 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.
- **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.
- **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 EG (2026-09) [EG-2026-1681]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/EG-2026-1681

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-09-06*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: EG-2026-1681*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/EG-2026-1681*