# Sustained censorship in IQ (2026-03)

**Country:** 🇮🇶 Iraq (IQ)
**Date:** 2026-03-01
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 24 days of elevated network interference averaging 63.0% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 77%
- Measurements: 24
- Anomaly Rate: 63.0%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 12/13 measurements anomalous (92.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-26
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-03-26&until=2026-03-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 13/16 measurements anomalous (81.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-26
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-03-26&until=2026-03-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 7/10 measurements anomalous (70.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-26
  - Confidence: 78%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-03-26&until=2026-03-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 7/11 measurements anomalous (63.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-25
  - Confidence: 75%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-03-25&until=2026-03-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 10/13 measurements anomalous (76.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-25
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-03-25&until=2026-03-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 3/6 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-21
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-03-21&until=2026-03-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_header_field_manipulation: 3/6 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-21
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_header_field_manipulation&since=2026-03-21&until=2026-03-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 5/7 measurements anomalous (71.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-20
  - Confidence: 79%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-03-20&until=2026-03-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_header_field_manipulation: 5/7 measurements anomalous (71.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-20
  - Confidence: 79%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_header_field_manipulation&since=2026-03-20&until=2026-03-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 3/6 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-20
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-03-20&until=2026-03-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_header_field_manipulation: 3/6 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-20
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_header_field_manipulation&since=2026-03-20&until=2026-03-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-11
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=telegram&since=2026-03-11&until=2026-03-12&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_header_field_manipulation: 4/8 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-09
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_header_field_manipulation&since=2026-03-09&until=2026-03-10&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_header_field_manipulation: 6/10 measurements anomalous (60.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-09
  - Confidence: 74%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_header_field_manipulation&since=2026-03-09&until=2026-03-10&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_header_field_manipulation: 5/10 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-09
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_header_field_manipulation&since=2026-03-09&until=2026-03-10&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 2/4 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-06
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-03-06&until=2026-03-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 5/9 measurements anomalous (55.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-04
  - Confidence: 72%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-03-04&until=2026-03-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_header_field_manipulation: 5/9 measurements anomalous (55.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-04
  - Confidence: 72%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_header_field_manipulation&since=2026-03-04&until=2026-03-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 6/10 measurements anomalous (60.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-03
  - Confidence: 74%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-03-03&until=2026-03-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 7/14 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-03
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-03-03&until=2026-03-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 5/7 measurements anomalous (71.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-03
  - Confidence: 79%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-03-03&until=2026-03-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_header_field_manipulation: 4/7 measurements anomalous (57.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-03
  - Confidence: 73%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_header_field_manipulation&since=2026-03-03&until=2026-03-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 5/8 measurements anomalous (62.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-01
  - Confidence: 75%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-03-01&until=2026-03-02&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_header_field_manipulation: 5/8 measurements anomalous (62.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-01
  - Confidence: 75%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=IQ&test_name=http_header_field_manipulation&since=2026-03-01&until=2026-03-02&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.
- **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 IQ (2026-03) [IQ-2026-0200]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0200

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-06*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: IQ-2026-0200*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/IQ-2026-0200*