# Sustained censorship in SA (2026-06)

**Country:** 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (SA)
**Date:** 2026-06-03
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 3 days of elevated network interference averaging 50.0% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 69%
- Measurements: 3
- Anomaly Rate: 50.0%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 1/2 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-10
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=tor&since=2026-06-10&until=2026-06-10&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 2/4 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-03
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=tor&since=2026-06-03&until=2026-06-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 2/4 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-03
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-06-03&until=2026-06-03&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.
- **A confirmed duration** — we report the observation window, not a verified start/stop of any block.
- **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). Sustained censorship in SA (2026-06) [SA-2026-0137]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/SA-2026-0137

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-06-19*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: SA-2026-0137*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/SA-2026-0137*