# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-09-02
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 89%
- Measurements (stored incident count; not the qualifying evidence count): 18
- Anomaly Rate: 96.4%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 474/583 measurements anomalous (81.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 357/451 measurements anomalous (79.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 379/437 measurements anomalous (86.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 330/641 measurements anomalous (51.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 403/425 measurements anomalous (94.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 521/629 measurements anomalous (82.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 354/454 measurements anomalous (78.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 357/433 measurements anomalous (82.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 398/704 measurements anomalous (56.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 73%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 417/438 measurements anomalous (95.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 469/552 measurements anomalous (85.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 309/397 measurements anomalous (77.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 313/374 measurements anomalous (83.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 380/396 measurements anomalous (96.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 447/522 measurements anomalous (85.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 324/400 measurements anomalous (81.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 340/384 measurements anomalous (88.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 376/390 measurements anomalous (96.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer filtered results (not one measurement)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-02&until=2026-09-03&only=anomalies)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 252/252 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 101/101 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chat.openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 93/93 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chatgpt.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 100/100 probes anomalous (100.0%) for claude.ai
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 239/239 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 106/106 probes anomalous (100.0%) for gemini.google.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 115/115 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 57/57 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 105/105 probes anomalous (100.0%) for huggingface.co
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 257/257 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 252/252 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 114/114 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 106/106 probes anomalous (100.0%) for openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 254/254 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 245/245 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 81/81 probes anomalous (100.0%) for reddit.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 109/109 probes anomalous (100.0%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 113/113 probes anomalous (100.0%) for substack.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 103/103 probes anomalous (100.0%) for telegram.org
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 111/111 probes anomalous (100.0%) for theguardian.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 441/441 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 113/113 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tumblr.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 288/288 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 355/355 probes anomalous (100.0%) for whatsapp.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 349/349 probes anomalous (100.0%) for youtube.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (timeout): 51/85 probes blocked (60.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (timeout): 50/85 probes blocked (58.8%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (timeout): 47/85 probes blocked (55.3%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (timeout): 43/84 probes blocked (51.2%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (timeout): 44/84 probes blocked (52.4%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTPS blocking (timeout): 47/79 probes blocked (59.5%) for whatsapp.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-02
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [Censored Planet data portal (not one measurement)](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** — multiple qualifying evidence source labels do not establish target/time agreement or source independence.

## Data Sources

censoredplanet, ooni

These source labels come from qualifying linked evidence. Historical incident source labels and quarantined observations are excluded; multiple labels alone do not establish independent corroboration.

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Censorship detected in RU [RU-2026-3071]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3071

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-10-24*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-3071*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3071*