# Sustained censorship in UZ (2026-08)

**Country:** 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan (UZ)
**Date:** 2026-08-02
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 4 days of elevated network interference averaging 99.2% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 77%
- Measurements: 4
- Anomaly Rate: 99.2%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI web_connectivity: 575/897 measurements anomalous (64.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 76%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=web_connectivity&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 6/9 measurements anomalous (66.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 77%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 6/9 measurements anomalous (66.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 77%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 6/9 measurements anomalous (66.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 77%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI web_connectivity: 576/982 measurements anomalous (58.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 73%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=web_connectivity&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 6/6 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 6/6 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 6/6 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 6/12 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 6/12 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI http_invalid_request_line: 6/12 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=http_invalid_request_line&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI web_connectivity for openai.com: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=openai.com&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI web_connectivity for claude.ai: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=claude.ai&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI web_connectivity for gemini.google.com: 1/1 measurements anomalous (100.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-21
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=gemini.google.com&since=2026-08-21&until=2026-08-22)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 2/3 probes blocked (66.7%) for psiphon.ca
  - Observed: 2026-08-20
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 2/3 probes blocked (66.7%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-20
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 1/2 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-18
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-18&until=2026-08-19&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 2/4 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-15
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-15&until=2026-08-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 1/2 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-06
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-06&until=2026-08-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 1/2 measurements anomalous (50.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-05
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=UZ&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-05&until=2026-08-06&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.
- **The mechanism** — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
- **Sub-national scope** — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.

## Data Sources

ooni, censoredplanet

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Sustained censorship in UZ (2026-08) [UZ-2026-0316]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/UZ-2026-0316

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-09-20*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: UZ-2026-0316*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/UZ-2026-0316*