# HTTP blocking in RU: bbc.com, facebook.com, instagram.com, medium.com

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-02-03
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** WARNING
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

CensoredPlanet Hyperquack detected HTTP/HTTPS blocking for 4 domains

## Metrics

- Confidence: 85%
- Measurements: 8
- Anomaly Rate: 65.9%

## Evidence

- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 113/176 probes blocked (64.2%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-05
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 113/176 probes blocked (64.2%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-05
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 109/176 probes blocked (61.9%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-05
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 108/176 probes blocked (61.4%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-05
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (tcp-reset): 10/176 probes blocked (5.7%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-05
  - Confidence: 67%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 113/180 probes blocked (62.8%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-03
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 118/179 probes blocked (65.9%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-03
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 113/179 probes blocked (63.1%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-03
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 109/178 probes blocked (61.2%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-03
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (tcp-reset): 21/175 probes blocked (12.0%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-03
  - Confidence: 69%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (timeout): 2/171 probes blocked (1.2%) for youtube.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-03
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [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.
- **Independent corroboration** — this rests on a single source; treat it as a single-source signal, not a multi-source confirmation.

## Data Sources

censoredplanet

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). HTTP blocking in RU: bbc.com, facebook.com, instagram.com, medium.com [RU-2026-0012]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-0012

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-06-21*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-0012*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-0012*