# Sustained censorship in OM (2026-02)

**Country:** 🇴🇲 Oman (OM)
**Date:** 2026-02-18
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 55 days of elevated network interference averaging 92.2% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 85%
- Measurements: 55
- Anomaly Rate: 92.2%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI web_connectivity: 221/287 measurements anomalous (77.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=web_connectivity&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 3/6 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 3/5 measurements anomalous (60.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 74%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI web_connectivity: 88/98 measurements anomalous (89.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=web_connectivity&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=telegram&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI web_connectivity: 92/98 measurements anomalous (93.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=web_connectivity&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=telegram&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-28
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-02-28&until=2026-02-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI web_connectivity: 199/393 measurements anomalous (50.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-27
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=web_connectivity&since=2026-02-27&until=2026-02-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-27
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-27&until=2026-02-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 3/5 measurements anomalous (60.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-27
  - Confidence: 74%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-02-27&until=2026-02-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 3/5 measurements anomalous (60.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-27
  - Confidence: 74%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=telegram&since=2026-02-27&until=2026-02-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 3/5 measurements anomalous (60.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-27
  - Confidence: 74%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-02-27&until=2026-02-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI web_connectivity: 199/293 measurements anomalous (67.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-27
  - Confidence: 77%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=web_connectivity&since=2026-02-27&until=2026-02-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 3/3 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-27
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-27&until=2026-02-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 2/3 measurements anomalous (66.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-27
  - Confidence: 77%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-02-27&until=2026-02-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 2/3 measurements anomalous (66.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-27
  - Confidence: 77%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=telegram&since=2026-02-27&until=2026-02-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 2/3 measurements anomalous (66.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-27
  - Confidence: 77%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-02-27&until=2026-02-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 2/2 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-26&until=2026-02-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 3/3 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-26&until=2026-02-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 2/2 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-26&until=2026-02-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-25&until=2026-02-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 2/2 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-25&until=2026-02-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 2/2 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-24
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-24&until=2026-02-24&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 3/3 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-24
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-24&until=2026-02-24&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-24
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-24&until=2026-02-24&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 4/4 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-23&until=2026-02-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-23&until=2026-02-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-23&until=2026-02-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 7/7 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-23
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-23&until=2026-02-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 4/4 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-22&until=2026-02-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 6/6 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-22&until=2026-02-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 7/7 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-22&until=2026-02-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 6/6 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-22&until=2026-02-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 4/4 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-21
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-21&until=2026-02-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-21
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-21&until=2026-02-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 4/4 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-21
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-21&until=2026-02-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 2/2 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-20
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-20&until=2026-02-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 2/2 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-20
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-20&until=2026-02-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-20
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-20&until=2026-02-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 6/6 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-20
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-20&until=2026-02-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-19
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-19&until=2026-02-19&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-19
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-19&until=2026-02-19&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 5/5 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-19
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-19&until=2026-02-19&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 6/6 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-19
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-19&until=2026-02-19&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 10/10 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-18&until=2026-02-18&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 2/2 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-18&until=2026-02-18&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 4/4 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=OM&test_name=signal&since=2026-02-18&until=2026-02-18&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 OM (2026-02) [OM-2026-0193]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/OM-2026-0193

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-06-21*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: OM-2026-0193*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/OM-2026-0193*