# Sustained censorship in US (2026-06)

**Country:** 🇺🇸 United States (US)
**Date:** 2026-06-06
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 3 days of elevated network interference averaging 76.7% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 72%
- Measurements: 3
- Anomaly Rate: 76.7%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in US (3 confirmed of 1719 measurements, 2026-06-21..2026-07-05)
  - Observed: 2026-06-21
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=US&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=www.hizb-ut-tahrir.org&since=2026-06-21&until=2026-07-05&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI: confirmed-blocked across 3 distinct ASNs in US (3 confirmed of 1835 measurements, 2026-06-14..2026-06-28)
  - Observed: 2026-06-14
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=US&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=www.hizb-ut-tahrir.org&since=2026-06-14&until=2026-06-28&only=confirmed)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI web_connectivity for gemini.google.com: 1/2 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-06
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=US&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=gemini.google.com&since=2026-06-06&until=2026-06-06)

## 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 US (2026-06) [US-2026-0059]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/US-2026-0059

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-07-07*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: US-2026-0059*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/US-2026-0059*