# Censorship detected in PK

**Country:** 🇵🇰 Pakistan (PK)
**Date:** 2026-08-30
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 90%
- Measurements: 12
- Anomaly Rate: 100.0%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 18/18 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=PK&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-08-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 18/18 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=PK&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-08-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 16/16 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=PK&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-08-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 9/9 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=PK&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-08-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 9/9 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=PK&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-08-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 9/9 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=PK&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-08-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 12/13 measurements anomalous (92.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=PK&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-08-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 13/13 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=PK&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-08-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 12/12 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=PK&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-08-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 20/20 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=PK&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-08-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 20/20 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=PK&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-08-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 20/20 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=PK&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-30&until=2026-08-31&only=anomalies)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chat.openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for huggingface.co
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 4/4 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for substack.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for theguardian.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 3/3 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tumblr.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 13/15 probes blocked (86.7%) for telegram.org
  - Observed: 2026-08-30
  - Confidence: 91%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)

## 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.
- **Sub-national scope** — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.

## Data Sources

ooni, censoredplanet

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Censorship detected in PK [PK-2026-1719]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/PK-2026-1719

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-09-22*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: PK-2026-1719*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/PK-2026-1719*