# Sustained censorship in MZ (2026-10)

**Country:** 🇲🇿 Mozambique (MZ)
**Date:** 2026-10-10
**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 web_connectivity: 1 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 1 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 2 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-11
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=MZ&test_name=web_connectivity&since=2026-10-11&until=2026-10-12)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI web_connectivity: 1 anomaly + 0 confirmed / 1 nonfailed measurements (100.0% blocked; 1 failed)
  - Observed: 2026-10-10
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=MZ&test_name=web_connectivity&since=2026-10-10&until=2026-10-11)

## OONI observations withheld from evidence

These linked OONI rows carry the historical signal_level='normal' stored label and are quarantined from qualifying evidence pending regrade. The label is not proof that every row was accessible or anomaly-free: low-anomaly rows and rows with an omitted confirmed result may be present.

- OONI row with stored label `normal` — observed 2026-10-12
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=MZ&test_name=web_connectivity&since=2026-10-12&until=2026-10-13)

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

## Data Sources

ooni

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 MZ (2026-10) [MZ-2026-0042]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/MZ-2026-0042

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-10-16*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: MZ-2026-0042*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/MZ-2026-0042*