# Sustained censorship in KZ (2026-03)

**Country:** 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (KZ)
**Date:** 2026-03-24
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 7 days of elevated network interference averaging 64.8% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 72%
- Measurements: 7
- Anomaly Rate: 64.8%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 57/73 measurements anomalous (78.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-26
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=KZ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-03-26&until=2026-03-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 36/52 measurements anomalous (69.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-26
  - Confidence: 78%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=KZ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-03-26&until=2026-03-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 26/43 measurements anomalous (60.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-26
  - Confidence: 74%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=KZ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-03-26&until=2026-03-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 33/64 measurements anomalous (51.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-25
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=KZ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-03-25&until=2026-03-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 42/66 measurements anomalous (63.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-25
  - Confidence: 75%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=KZ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-03-25&until=2026-03-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 31/39 measurements anomalous (79.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-25
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=KZ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-03-25&until=2026-03-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 27/53 measurements anomalous (50.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-03-24
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=KZ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-03-24&until=2026-03-24&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.
- **The mechanism** — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
- **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 KZ (2026-03) [KZ-2026-0192]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/KZ-2026-0192

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-06-21*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: KZ-2026-0192*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/KZ-2026-0192*