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What’s blocked where, tested every day

Every day we open 67 of the world’s biggest sites and apps from home internet connections in 24 countries, and record what’s blocked, since when and how.

30 of 67sites and apps tested so far in the first round

Each one is tested from home internet connections in 24 countries, and a block shows up only once a second test a few hours later confirms it, so the results fill in over the first day.

China: 15 of 67 sites and apps blockedIndia: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedIndonesia: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedMalaysia: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedPakistan: 2 of 67 sites and apps blockedSouth Korea: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedThailand: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedVietnam: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedEgypt: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedIran: 13 of 67 sites and apps blockedSaudi Arabia: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedTurkey: 2 of 67 sites and apps blockedUAE: 1 of 67 sites and apps blockedBelarus: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedFrance: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedGermany: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedItaly: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedNetherlands: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedRussia: 11 of 67 sites and apps blockedSpain: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedUK: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedAustralia: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedBrazil: 0 of 67 sites and apps blockedUS: 0 of 67 sites and apps blocked
Blocks in place
  • None
  • 1–4
  • 5–14
  • 15–29
  • 30+
  • Not monitored
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Ranking

Which countries block the most

Blocks in place today among the 67 sites and apps we test. A country blocks a site when every network we test there fails to open it twice, or when one of them does (“on some networks”). Sites that turn a country’s visitors away themselves are counted separately.

  • Blocked
  • Blocked on some networks
  • Turned away by the site (+)

The ranking appears once the first round of tests is done (30 of 67 sites and apps tested so far).

Every result

67 sites and apps, 24 countries

Countries run from the most blocks to the fewest. Hover or tap a square for when a block began and how it works.

  • Blocked ✕
  • Blocked on some networks ½
  • Turned away by the site ⊘
  • Unstable ~
  • Opens
  • Being double-checked …
  • Not tested yet
Every site and app we test, in every country we test it from. Empty cells: it opens. Country and service pages list each result in words.
Site or appChinaIranRussiaPakistanTurkeyUAEAustraliaBelarusBrazilEgyptFranceGermanyIndiaIndonesiaItalyMalaysiaNetherlandsSaudi ArabiaSouth KoreaSpainThailandUKUSVietnam
Social media
GrindrBlockedBlockedBlockedUnstableBlocked on some networksBlocked
FacebookBlockedBlockedBlocked
InstagramBlockedBlockedBlocked
TumblrBlockedBlockedBlocked
X (Twitter)BlockedBlockedBlocked
BlueskyBlockedBlocked
RedditBlockedBlocked
ThreadsBlockedBlocked
TikTokBlockedBlocked
LinkedInBlocked
PinterestBlocked
SnapchatBeing double-checkedBlockedBeing double-checked
Messaging & calls
DiscordBlockedBlockedBlockedBlocked
TelegramBlockedBlockedBlockedBlocked
MessengerBlockedBlockedBlocked
WhatsAppBlockedBlockedBlocked
SignalBlockedBlocked
LINEBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checked
ViberBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checked
WeChatBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checked
Zoom
Video & music
NetflixBeing double-checkedBeing double-checked
SoundCloudBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checked
Spotify
TwitchBeing double-checkedBeing double-checked
VimeoBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checked
YouTubeBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checked
AI chatbots
ChatGPTBeing double-checked
ClaudeBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checked
Copilot
DeepSeek
GeminiBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checkedBeing double-checked
Grok
Perplexity
Search & web tools
Dropbox
DuckDuckGo
GitHub
Gmail
Google Search
Imgur
Internet Archive
Medium
Wikipedia
News
Al Jazeera
BBC
CNN
DW
Mada Masr
Meduza
Radio Free Europe
RT
The Guardian
The New York Times
Rights & petitions
Amnesty International
Change.org
Human Rights Watch
VPNs & privacy tools
ExpressVPN
Mullvad
NordVPN
Proton Mail
Proton VPN
Psiphon
Surfshark
Tor Project
Games
Epic Games
Roblox
Steam

Each country page lists its results in words, and each site’s page shows it in every country. Want a site we don’t track? Test any website now.

Latest changes

New blocks, and blocks lifted

No confirmed changes since monitoring began on 29 Sep 2026. When a block appears or lifts, and a second test agrees, it shows up here.

Why you can trust a change

Every change is seen twice

  • A failure only counts when it happens twice on the same network, and only if the site opens from other countries.
  • When a country’s result changes, we test again a few hours later. The page changes only if the retest agrees, and the change is dated from the first sighting.
  • Sites that turn visitors away themselves (HTTP 403) are shown apart from blocks, so a company’s own choice never counts against a country.

Get past a block

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VPNs are restricted in China and Russia and banned in Belarus and Turkmenistan, so check the rules where you are first.

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Method

How we test

  1. Test machines inside each country open the site

    Every day, machines on the networks of two big home-internet providers in each country, such as China Unicom and China Mobile or BT and Virgin Media, request each site’s homepage over a secure connection.

  2. Every failure is tried again

    About one test in fifteen fails by accident. A failure only counts when it happens twice on the same network, and only when the site opens from other countries.

  3. A change needs a second test

    When a country’s result changes, we test again a few hours later. The page changes only if the second test agrees.

  • We test homepages over home broadband. Mobile networks, apps, calls and deliberate slowdowns can behave differently.
  • Results show what the two networks we test in each country do. Other providers there may block more, or less.
  • In Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia most test machines sit in data centers, so results there come from whichever two machines are online.
  • Some test machines sit behind a home ad-blocker or an office firewall. A firewall that re-signs a site’s certificate never counts as a block, and a private-address answer counts only in Iran, whose censors answer that way, or when a second provider gives it too.
  • The tests run on a public network of test machines, which keeps a public record of each test: the site and its result.
  • The list is ours: big platforms, news sites, rights groups, VPN and privacy tools. We don’t test piracy or adult sites.

Free to use

Use this data

Quote it, chart it or republish it, with a link to this page: the data is under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY 4.0). Journalists and researchers can get in touch for background or a longer history.

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Source: vpnAlert Censorship Monitor, https://vpnalert.com/tools/censorship-monitor/

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

How Often Is the Censorship Monitor Updated?

Every site and app is tested once a day, and each result shows up as soon as its test finishes. When a country’s result changes, we test again a few hours later and publish the change only if the second test agrees, so a one-off glitch never shows up as a new block.

How Do You Know a Site Is Blocked and Not Just Down?

A site counts as blocked in a country only when it opens normally from other countries but fails twice on the networks we test there. If it doesn’t open anywhere, it’s down, and the monitor records nothing for that day.

Why Is a Site Blocked on One Network but Not Another?

In many countries each internet provider carries out blocks itself, and some are faster or stricter than others. That’s why we test two big home-internet providers in each country and show “blocked on some networks” when only one of them blocks.

What Does “Turned Away by the Site” Mean?

The site itself answers visitors from that country with “forbidden” (HTTP 403). That’s the company’s choice, often because of sanctions or its own rules, not censorship by the country.

If a Site Opens, Does the App Work Too?

Not always. We test whether each site’s homepage opens. Apps often use other addresses, and some countries block calls or slow a service down without blocking its website, as Russia has done to YouTube since 2024. Mobile networks can also block differently from home broadband.

Can I Use This Data?

Yes. Quote it, chart it or republish it, with a link to this page. The data is under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY 4.0), and you can download every result as a CSV file.

How Do People Get Around a Block?

A VPN connects you through a server in another country, so the local block no longer applies. VPNs are restricted in China and Russia and banned in Belarus and Turkmenistan, so check the rules where you are first.