# Sustained censorship in KW (2026-10)

**Country:** 🇰🇼 Kuwait (KW)
**Date:** 2026-10-08
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 3 days of elevated network interference averaging 100.0% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 77%
- Measurements (stored incident count; not the qualifying evidence count): 3
- Anomaly Rate: 100.0%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 2 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 2 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=KW&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-10-22&until=2026-10-23)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 1 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 1 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 0 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-20
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=KW&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-10-20&until=2026-10-21)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 2 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 2 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=KW&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-10-08&until=2026-10-09)

## 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** — fewer than two source labels appear in qualifying linked evidence; stored incident source labels may include quarantined OONI observations.

## Data Sources

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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 KW (2026-10) [KW-2026-0988]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/KW-2026-0988

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-11-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: KW-2026-0988*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/KW-2026-0988*