# Internet censorship detected in Saudi Arabia

**Country:** 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (SA)
**Date:** 2026-02-25
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** active

## Summary

CenAlert detected interference. Impact: 1.0. Reported by: DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com.

## Metrics

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

## Evidence

- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=bbc.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for binance.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=binance.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=facebook.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=getlantern.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=google.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=instagram.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=medium.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=nytimes.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for pornhub.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=pornhub.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=protonvpn.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=psiphon.ca)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for reddit.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=reddit.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=signal.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for substack.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=substack.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for telegram.org
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=telegram.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for theguardian.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=theguardian.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 13/13 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=tiktok.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tumblr.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=tumblr.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=twitter.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for whatsapp.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=whatsapp.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for xvideos.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=xvideos.com)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 7/7 probes anomalous (100.0%) for youtube.com
  - Observed: 2026-02-25
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://censoredplanet.org/data/satellite?country=SA&domain=youtube.com)

## Data Sources

censoredplanet

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Internet censorship detected in Saudi Arabia [SA-2026-0019]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/SA-2026-0019

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-05-23*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: SA-2026-0019*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/SA-2026-0019*