# Internet connectivity disruption in Iraq

**Country:** 🇮🇶 Iraq (IQ)
**Date:** 2026-03-18
**Type:** Mixed
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** active

## Summary

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Iraq. 5 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 70%
- Measurements: 5
- Anomaly Rate: 3.3%

## Evidence

- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for At-Ta'mim
  - Observed: 2026-03-18
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA live national dashboard (not a per-event permalink)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Sala ad-Din
  - Observed: 2026-03-18
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA live national dashboard (not a per-event permalink)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for At-Ta'mim
  - Observed: 2026-03-18
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA live national dashboard (not a per-event permalink)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Babil
  - Observed: 2026-03-18
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA live national dashboard (not a per-event permalink)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ)
- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Ninawa
  - Observed: 2026-03-18
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA live national dashboard (not a per-event permalink)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/IQ)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for pornhub.com
  - Observed: 2026-03-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-03-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for xvideos.com
  - Observed: 2026-03-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [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

ioda, censoredplanet

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Internet connectivity disruption in Iraq [IQ-2026-0057]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0057

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-06-21*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: IQ-2026-0057*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0057*