# Sustained censorship in IN (2026-05)

**Country:** 🇮🇳 India (IN)
**Date:** 2026-05-31
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** WARNING
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 7 days of elevated network interference averaging 5.8% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 70%
- Measurements: 7
- Anomaly Rate: 5.8%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 19/401 anomalous, 27 confirmed on AS9829
  - Observed: 2026-05-31
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IN&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS9829&since=2026-05-31)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 316/3952 anomalous, 1 confirmed on AS24560
  - Observed: 2026-05-31
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IN&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS24560&since=2026-05-31)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 260/8984 anomalous, 405 confirmed on AS55836
  - Observed: 2026-05-31
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IN&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS55836&since=2026-05-31)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 4/199 anomalous, 1 confirmed on AS64267
  - Observed: 2026-05-31
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IN&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS64267&since=2026-05-31)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 84/2220 anomalous, 2 confirmed on AS133661
  - Observed: 2026-05-31
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IN&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS133661&since=2026-05-31)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 9/58 anomalous, 1 confirmed on AS135876
  - Observed: 2026-05-31
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IN&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS135876&since=2026-05-31)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 32/900 anomalous, 2 confirmed on AS136371
  - Observed: 2026-05-31
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IN&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS136371&since=2026-05-31)

## 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 IN (2026-05) [IN-2026-0173]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/IN-2026-0173

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-06-21*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: IN-2026-0173*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/IN-2026-0173*