# Facebook/Instagram ban

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2022-03-04
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI measurements confirm Facebook/Instagram ban. Duration: 2022-03-04 to 2022-03-14.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 90%
- Measurements: 0


## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): Ukraine invasion - mass blocks
  - Observed: 2022-03-14
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2022-03-14&until=2022-03-14)
- **OONI** (measurement): Web connectivity anomalies detected. 1462 measurements with 74.0% anomaly rate.
  - Observed: 2022-03-14
  - Confidence: 94%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2022-03-14&until=2022-03-14&probe_cc=RU&test_name=web_connectivity&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): Ukraine invasion - mass blocks
  - Observed: 2022-03-13
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2022-03-13&until=2022-03-13)
- **OONI** (measurement): Web connectivity anomalies detected. 1378 measurements with 76.8% anomaly rate.
  - Observed: 2022-03-13
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2022-03-13&until=2022-03-13&probe_cc=RU&test_name=web_connectivity&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): Ukraine invasion - mass blocks
  - Observed: 2022-03-12
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2022-03-12&until=2022-03-12)
- **OONI** (measurement): Web connectivity anomalies detected. 1285 measurements with 76.8% anomaly rate.
  - Observed: 2022-03-12
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2022-03-12&until=2022-03-12&probe_cc=RU&test_name=web_connectivity&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): Ukraine invasion - mass blocks
  - Observed: 2022-03-11
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2022-03-11&until=2022-03-11)
- **OONI** (measurement): Web connectivity anomalies detected. 1171 measurements with 77.4% anomaly rate.
  - Observed: 2022-03-11
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2022-03-11&until=2022-03-11&probe_cc=RU&test_name=web_connectivity&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): Ukraine invasion - mass blocks
  - Observed: 2022-03-10
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2022-03-10&until=2022-03-10)
- **OONI** (measurement): Web connectivity anomalies detected. 1359 measurements with 77.3% anomaly rate.
  - Observed: 2022-03-10
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2022-03-10&until=2022-03-10&probe_cc=RU&test_name=web_connectivity&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): Ukraine invasion - mass blocks
  - Observed: 2022-03-09
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2022-03-09&until=2022-03-09)
- **OONI** (measurement): Web connectivity anomalies detected. 1186 measurements with 73.4% anomaly rate.
  - Observed: 2022-03-09
  - Confidence: 93%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2022-03-09&until=2022-03-09&probe_cc=RU&test_name=web_connectivity&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): Ukraine invasion - mass blocks
  - Observed: 2022-03-08
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2022-03-08&until=2022-03-08)
- **OONI** (measurement): Web connectivity anomalies detected. 1078 measurements with 70.7% anomaly rate.
  - Observed: 2022-03-08
  - Confidence: 91%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2022-03-08&until=2022-03-08&probe_cc=RU&test_name=web_connectivity&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): Ukraine invasion - mass blocks
  - Observed: 2022-03-07
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2022-03-07&until=2022-03-07)
- **OONI** (measurement): Web connectivity anomalies detected. 1118 measurements with 75.0% anomaly rate.
  - Observed: 2022-03-07
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2022-03-07&until=2022-03-07&probe_cc=RU&test_name=web_connectivity&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): Ukraine invasion - mass blocks
  - Observed: 2022-03-06
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2022-03-06&until=2022-03-06)
- **OONI** (measurement): Web connectivity anomalies detected. 1270 measurements with 73.9% anomaly rate.
  - Observed: 2022-03-06
  - Confidence: 94%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2022-03-06&until=2022-03-06&probe_cc=RU&test_name=web_connectivity&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): Ukraine invasion - mass blocks
  - Observed: 2022-03-05
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2022-03-05&until=2022-03-05)
- **OONI** (measurement): Web connectivity anomalies detected. 1283 measurements with 72.9% anomaly rate.
  - Observed: 2022-03-05
  - Confidence: 93%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2022-03-05&until=2022-03-05&probe_cc=RU&test_name=web_connectivity&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): Ukraine invasion - mass blocks
  - Observed: 2022-03-04
  - Confidence: 95%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2022-03-04&until=2022-03-04)
- **OONI** (measurement): Web connectivity anomalies detected. 1382 measurements with 73.8% anomaly rate.
  - Observed: 2022-03-04
  - Confidence: 94%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2022-03-04&until=2022-03-04&probe_cc=RU&test_name=web_connectivity&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). Facebook/Instagram ban [RU-2022-0003]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2022-0003

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-06-21*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2022-0003*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2022-0003*