# Sustained censorship in SA (2026-07)

**Country:** 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (SA)
**Date:** 2026-07-01
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** WARNING
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 14 days of elevated network interference averaging 8.5% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 75%
- Measurements: 14
- Anomaly Rate: 8.5%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 91/1157 anomalous, 34 confirmed on AS25019
  - Observed: 2026-07-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS25019&since=2026-07-04)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 42/470 anomalous, 14 confirmed on AS35819
  - Observed: 2026-07-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS35819&since=2026-07-04)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 71/744 anomalous, 32 confirmed on AS39891
  - Observed: 2026-07-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS39891&since=2026-07-04)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 137/1856 anomalous, 35 confirmed on AS25019
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS25019&since=2026-07-03)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 29/308 anomalous, 7 confirmed on AS35819
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS35819&since=2026-07-03)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 26/643 anomalous, 8 confirmed on AS39891
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS39891&since=2026-07-03)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 148/1367 anomalous, 42 confirmed on AS25019
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS25019&since=2026-07-02)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 52/470 anomalous, 27 confirmed on AS35819
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS35819&since=2026-07-02)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 63/662 anomalous, 40 confirmed on AS39891
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS39891&since=2026-07-02)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 201/2201 anomalous, 85 confirmed on AS25019
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS25019&since=2026-07-01)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 3/100 anomalous, 3 confirmed on AS35753
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS35753&since=2026-07-01)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 13/152 anomalous, 6 confirmed on AS35819
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS35819&since=2026-07-01)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 29/213 anomalous, 12 confirmed on AS39891
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS39891&since=2026-07-01)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI per-ASN: 33/575 anomalous, 9 confirmed on AS43766
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=SA&test_name=web_connectivity&probe_asn=AS43766&since=2026-07-01)

## 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 (2026-07) [SA-2026-0251]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/SA-2026-0251

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-07-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: SA-2026-0251*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/SA-2026-0251*