# Sustained censorship in EG (2026-10)

**Country:** 🇪🇬 Egypt (EG)
**Date:** 2026-10-07
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 12 days of elevated network interference averaging 95.5% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 85%
- Measurements (stored incident count; not the qualifying evidence count): 12
- Anomaly Rate: 95.5%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 1 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 2 nonfailed measurements (50.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-09
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=signal&since=2026-10-09&until=2026-10-10)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 2 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 2 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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-09&until=2026-10-10)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 23 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 23 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=EG&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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-09&until=2026-10-10)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 23 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 23 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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-08&until=2026-10-09)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 22 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 23 nonfailed measurements (95.7% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-08
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-08&until=2026-10-09)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 20 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 20 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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-08&until=2026-10-09)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 9 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 9 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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-08&until=2026-10-09)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 12 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 12 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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-07&until=2026-10-08)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 15 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 15 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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-07&until=2026-10-08)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 18 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 18 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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-07&until=2026-10-08)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 13 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 13 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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-07&until=2026-10-08)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 20 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 20 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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 16 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 16 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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 21 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 21 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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 23 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 23 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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 22/22 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-05&until=2026-10-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 20/20 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-05&until=2026-10-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 19/19 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-05&until=2026-10-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 18/18 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-05
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-05&until=2026-10-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 24/24 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-04&until=2026-10-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 15/15 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-04&until=2026-10-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 19/19 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-04&until=2026-10-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 9/9 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&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=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-03&until=2026-10-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 22/23 measurements anomalous (95.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-03
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-03&until=2026-10-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 21/26 measurements anomalous (80.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-03
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-03&until=2026-10-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 12/12 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-03&until=2026-10-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 19/22 measurements anomalous (86.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-02
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-02&until=2026-10-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 20/20 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-02&until=2026-10-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 19/19 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-02&until=2026-10-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 14/15 measurements anomalous (93.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-02
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-02&until=2026-10-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 18/18 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-01&until=2026-10-02&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 18/18 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-01&until=2026-10-02&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 15/15 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-01&until=2026-10-02&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 16/16 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=EG&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.
- **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** — 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 EG (2026-10) [EG-2026-1736]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/EG-2026-1736

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-10-09*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: EG-2026-1736*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/EG-2026-1736*