# Internet censorship detected in Qatar

**Country:** 🇶🇦 Qatar (QA)
**Date:** 2026-02-18
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** active

## Summary

CenAlert detected interference. Impact: 1.0. Reported by: DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 65%
- Measurements: 1
- Anomaly Rate: 1.0%

## Evidence

- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=bbc.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for binance.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=binance.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=facebook.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=google.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=instagram.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=medium.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=nytimes.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for pornhub.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=pornhub.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for reddit.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=reddit.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=signal.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for substack.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=substack.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for telegram.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=telegram.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for theguardian.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=theguardian.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=tiktok.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tumblr.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=tumblr.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=twitter.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for whatsapp.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=whatsapp.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for xvideos.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=xvideos.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 2/2 probes anomalous (100.0%) for youtube.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-18
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=QA&domain=youtube.com)

## Data Sources

censoredplanet

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Internet censorship detected in Qatar [QA-2026-0008]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/QA-2026-0008

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-05-23*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: QA-2026-0008*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/QA-2026-0008*