# Sustained censorship in GB (2026-08)

**Country:** 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (GB)
**Date:** 2026-08-30
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 16 days of elevated network interference averaging 90.4% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 85%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 90.4%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 4 distinct ASNs in GB (7 confirmed of 296 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 97%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=anonymouse.org&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (6 confirmed of 3021 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=allthefallen.moe&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (7 confirmed of 249 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=bi.org&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (6 confirmed of 235 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=ddosecrets.com&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (5 confirmed of 218 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=hornet.com&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (4 confirmed of 229 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=i2pd.website&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (4 confirmed of 204 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=ikhwanonline.com&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (5 confirmed of 196 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=itgetsbetter.org&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (4 confirmed of 193 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=kaleidoscopetrust.com&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (35 confirmed of 6929 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=twitter.com&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (27 confirmed of 6936 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=www.facebook.com&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (30 confirmed of 6912 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=www.instagram.com&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (3 confirmed of 174 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=www.rferl.org&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (4 confirmed of 198 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=www.rfi.fr&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (3 confirmed of 152 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=www.anonymizer.ru&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in GB (5 confirmed of 201 measurements, 2026-08-30..2026-09-13)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=GB&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=liveuamap.com&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-09-13&only=confirmed)

## 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 GB (2026-08) [GB-2026-0097]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/GB-2026-0097

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-09-14*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: GB-2026-0097*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/GB-2026-0097*