Global Censorship Tracker — what changed

Replace the Wikipedia and dead citations on four rows

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:20:27 +0100

1 removed, 3 changed.

Removed

CGTN — Germany (partial)

Revised

DuckDuckGo — People's Republic of China (complete): notes, source
CGTN — United Kingdom (partial): notes, source
CGTN — United States of America (partial): date, notes, source

Add Al Jazeera restriction in Pakistan

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:44:10 +0100

1 added.

Added

Al Jazeera — Pakistan (partial)

Replace 'Commonwealth of Australia' with 'Australia'

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:45:07 +0100

12 renamed.

Renamed

Facebook — Australia (age): notes
Instagram — Australia (age): notes
Reddit — Australia (age): notes
Russia Today — Australia (partial): notes
Snapchat — Australia (age): notes
Substack — Australia (age) — was Commonwealth of Australia
Threads — Australia (age): notes
TikTok — Australia (age): notes
Tumblr — Australia (age): notes
Twitch — Australia (age): notes
X (formerly Twitter) — Australia (age): notes
YouTube — Australia (age): notes

Replace 'Saudi Arabia' with 'Kingdom of Saudi Arabia'

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:42:40 +0100

4 renamed.

Renamed

Al Jazeera — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (complete) — was Saudi Arabia
Grindr — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (complete): notes
LINE — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (partial) — was Saudi Arabia
New York Times — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (partial): notes

Replace 'Australia' with 'Commonwealth of Australia'

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:42:07 +0100

12 renamed.

Renamed

Facebook — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes
Instagram — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes
Reddit — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes
Russia Today — Commonwealth of Australia (partial): notes
Snapchat — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes
Substack — Commonwealth of Australia (age) — was Australia
Threads — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes
TikTok — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes
Tumblr — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes
Twitch — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes
X (formerly Twitter) — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes
YouTube — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes

Rename Syria to Syrian Arab Republic

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:41:30 +0100

1 changed, 4 renamed.

Revised

Netflix — Crimea (complete): notes

Renamed

ChatGPT — Syrian Arab Republic (complete): notes
GitHub — Syrian Arab Republic (partial): notes
Grindr — Syrian Arab Republic (complete): notes
Netflix — Syrian Arab Republic (complete): notes

Rename United States to United States of America

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:40:25 +0100

2 renamed.

Renamed

CGTN — United States of America (partial) — was United States
Russia Today — United States of America (partial) — was United States

Replace 'China' with 'People's Republic of China'

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:39:21 +0100

1 changed, 39 renamed.

Revised

Netflix — Crimea (complete): notes

Renamed

Al Jazeera — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
BBC News — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Bluesky — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
ChatGPT — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Discord — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
DuckDuckGo — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
DW (Deutsche Welle) — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Facebook — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
GitHub — People's Republic of China (partial) — was China
Google — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Grindr — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Instagram — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
KakaoTalk — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
LINE — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
LinkedIn — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Medium — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
New York Times — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Odnoklassniki — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Pinterest — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Quora — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Reddit — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Reuters — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Rumble — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Signal — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Snapchat — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Spotify — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Substack — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Telegram — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Threads — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
TikTok — People's Republic of China (complete): notes
Tumblr — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Twitch — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Viber — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Vimeo — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
WhatsApp — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Wikipedia — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
X (formerly Twitter) — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
YouTube — People's Republic of China (complete) — was China
Zoom — People's Republic of China (partial): notes

Add source link for NYT Texas SB 2420 entry

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:39:14 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

New York Times — Texas (age): source

Replace Turkey/Iran names with updated forms

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:37:40 +0100

57 renamed.

Renamed

Associated Press — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
BBC News — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Bluesky — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
ChatGPT — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Discord — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
DuckDuckGo — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Facebook — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
GitHub — Islamic Republic of Iran (partial): notes
Google — Islamic Republic of Iran (partial) — was Iran
Grindr — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Instagram — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
KakaoTalk — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
LINE — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
LinkedIn — Islamic Republic of Iran (partial): notes
Medium — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Netflix — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Odnoklassniki — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Patreon — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Pinterest — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Quora — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Reddit — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Reuters — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Roblox — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Rumble — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Signal — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Snapchat — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Spotify — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Substack — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Telegram — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Threads — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
TikTok — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Tinder — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Tumblr — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Twitch — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
Viber — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Vimeo — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
VKontakte — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
WhatsApp — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete): notes
Wikipedia — Islamic Republic of Iran (partial) — was Iran
X (formerly Twitter) — Islamic Republic of Iran (complete) — was Iran
+17 more

Add missing source links for CGTN entries (Eritrea, Germany, UK, USA)

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:31:06 +0100

4 changed.

Revised

CGTN — Eritrea (complete): source
CGTN — Germany (partial): source
CGTN — United Kingdom (partial): source
CGTN — United States (partial): source

Retire the CPJ catch-all and cite Turkey's DW block specifically

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:53:45 +0100

65 changed.

Revised

Al Jazeera — Eritrea (complete): source
Associated Press — Eritrea (complete): source
BBC News — Eritrea (complete): source
Bluesky — Eritrea (complete): source
CGTN — Eritrea (complete): source
ChatGPT — Eritrea (complete): source
Discord — Eritrea (complete): source
DuckDuckGo — Eritrea (complete): source
DW (Deutsche Welle) — Eritrea (complete): source
Facebook — Eritrea (complete): source
GitHub — Eritrea (complete): source
Google — Eritrea (complete): source
Instagram — Eritrea (complete): source
KakaoTalk — Eritrea (complete): source
LINE — Eritrea (complete): source
LinkedIn — Eritrea (complete): source
Medium — Eritrea (complete): source
Netflix — Eritrea (complete): source
New York Times — Eritrea (complete): source
Odnoklassniki — Eritrea (complete): source
Patreon — Eritrea (complete): source
Pinterest — Eritrea (complete): source
Quora — Eritrea (complete): source
Reddit — Eritrea (complete): source
Reuters — Eritrea (complete): source
Roblox — Eritrea (complete): source
Rumble — Eritrea (complete): source
Russia Today — Eritrea (complete): source
Signal — Eritrea (complete): source
Snapchat — Eritrea (complete): source
Spotify — Eritrea (complete): source
Substack — Eritrea (complete): source
Telegram — Eritrea (complete): source
Threads — Eritrea (complete): source
TikTok — Eritrea (complete): source
Tinder — Eritrea (complete): source
Tumblr — Eritrea (complete): source
Twitch — Eritrea (complete): source
Viber — Eritrea (complete): source
Vimeo — Eritrea (complete): source
+25 more

Source DW's Afghanistan, Belarus, Russia and Venezuela rows

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:04:35 +0100

4 changed.

Revised

DW (Deutsche Welle) — Afghanistan (partial): source
DW (Deutsche Welle) — Belarus (complete): source
DW (Deutsche Welle) — Russia (complete): source
DW (Deutsche Welle) — Venezuela (partial): source

Move Rumble's Russia block to April 2024 and cite the OONI measurement

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:50:45 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Rumble — Russia (complete): date, notes, source

Add GitHub's complete block in Turkmenistan

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:13:42 +0100

1 added.

Added

GitHub — Turkmenistan (complete)

Track France's under-15 ban, and let scheduled laws start themselves

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:56:22 +0100

9 added.

Added

Facebook — France (age)
Instagram — France (age)
Reddit — France (age)
Snapchat — France (age)
Threads — France (age)
TikTok — France (age)
Twitch — France (age)
X (formerly Twitter) — France (age)
YouTube — France (age)

Audit every source for relevance and rot, not just for a 200

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:23:00 +0100

1 removed, 92 changed.

Removed

YouTube — United Arab Emirates (age)

Revised

DW (Deutsche Welle) — Afghanistan (partial): source
Russia Today — Albania (complete): source
Substack — Australia (age): source
Al Jazeera — Bahrain (complete): source
DW (Deutsche Welle) — Belarus (complete): source
Rumble — Brazil (complete): source
Al Jazeera — China (complete): source
ChatGPT — China (complete): source
DW (Deutsche Welle) — China (complete): source
Facebook — China (complete): source
GitHub — China (partial): source
Google — China (complete): source
Instagram — China (complete): source
Reddit — China (complete): source
Reuters — China (complete): source
Signal — China (complete): source
Telegram — China (complete): source
WhatsApp — China (complete): source
Wikipedia — China (complete): source
X (formerly Twitter) — China (complete): source
YouTube — China (complete): source
Zoom — China (partial): source
ChatGPT — Cuba (complete): source
Al Jazeera — Egypt (complete): source
Roblox — Egypt (complete): source
CGTN — Germany (partial): source
TikTok — India (complete): source
Vimeo — Indonesia (complete): source
ChatGPT — Iran (complete): source
Discord — Iran (complete): source
DuckDuckGo — Iran (complete): source
Facebook — Iran (complete): source
Google — Iran (partial): source
Grindr — Iran (complete): source
LINE — Iran (complete): source
LinkedIn — Iran (partial): source
Medium — Iran (complete): source
Netflix — Iran (complete): source
Odnoklassniki — Iran (complete): source
Patreon — Iran (complete): source
+52 more

Update Roblox Turkey source URL to live Reuters technology article

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:56:44 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Roblox — Turkey (complete): source

Update Roblox Qatar source to specific ILoveQatar news article URL

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:54:10 +0100

2 changed.

Revised

Roblox — Qatar (complete): source
Roblox — Turkey (complete): source

Update TikTok Kyrgyzstan source URL to Freedom House report

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:52:52 +0100

2 changed.

Revised

TikTok — Kyrgyzstan (complete): source
Roblox — Qatar (complete): source

Update Roblox Egypt source URL to specific Egypt Today news article

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:52:09 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Roblox — Egypt (complete): source

Update source for Telegram ban in Vietnam to VietNamNet report

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:51:45 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Telegram — Vietnam (complete): notes, source

Update source for Kyrgyzstan TikTok ban to RFE/RL

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:51:21 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

TikTok — Kyrgyzstan (complete): source

Remove false Substack Russia censorship entry with invalid source link

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:50:42 +0100

1 removed.

Removed

Substack — Russia (complete)

Update Substack Australia source to Freedom House report

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:48:57 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Substack — Australia (age): source

Update Grindr dataset using Grindr official Help Center source

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:47:26 +0100

11 added, 8 changed.

Added

Grindr — Afghanistan (complete)
Grindr — China (complete)
Grindr — Cuba (complete)
Grindr — Iraq (complete)
Grindr — Jordan (complete)
Grindr — Malaysia (complete)
Grindr — Maldives (complete)
Grindr — Qatar (complete)
Grindr — Saudi Arabia (complete)
Grindr — Sudan (complete)
Grindr — Syria (complete)

Revised

Grindr — Eritrea (complete): notes, source
Grindr — Indonesia (complete): notes, source
Grindr — Iran (complete): date, notes, source
Grindr — Lebanon (complete): notes, source
Grindr — North Korea (complete): date, notes, source
Grindr — Pakistan (complete): notes, source
Grindr — Turkey (complete): notes, source
Grindr — United Arab Emirates (complete): date, notes, source

Clean up censorship_data.csv formatting

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:40:48 +0100

1 added.

Added

Russia Today — North Korea (complete)

Fix PIB press release URL for TikTok India in censorship_data.csv

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:40:40 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

TikTok — India (complete): source

Replace references of UK and UAE with United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:40:04 +0100

4 changed, 23 renamed.

Revised

CGTN — Germany (partial): notes
Viber — Iran (complete): notes
Viber — Oman (partial): notes
Substack — United Kingdom (age): notes

Renamed

Al Jazeera — United Arab Emirates (partial): notes
Discord — United Arab Emirates (partial): notes
Facebook — United Arab Emirates (age): notes
Grindr — United Arab Emirates (complete) — was UAE
Instagram — United Arab Emirates (age): notes
KakaoTalk — United Arab Emirates (partial) — was UAE
LINE — United Arab Emirates (partial): notes
New York Times — United Arab Emirates (partial): notes
Roblox — United Arab Emirates (partial) — was UAE
Snapchat — United Arab Emirates (age): notes
TikTok — United Arab Emirates (age): notes
Tinder — United Arab Emirates (complete) — was UAE
Viber — United Arab Emirates (partial): notes
WhatsApp — United Arab Emirates (partial): notes
X (formerly Twitter) — United Arab Emirates (age): notes
YouTube — United Arab Emirates (age): notes
CGTN — United Kingdom (partial): notes
Discord — United Kingdom (age): notes
Reddit — United Kingdom (age): notes
Russia Today — United Kingdom (complete) — was UK
Spotify — United Kingdom (age): notes
Tumblr — United Kingdom (age) — was UK
X (formerly Twitter) — United Kingdom (age): notes

Replace Wikipedia sources in censorship_data.csv with verified independent sources for non-exempt countries

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:25:58 +0100

23 changed.

Revised

Telegram — Cuba (complete): source
Medium — Egypt (complete): source
TikTok — India (complete): source
Grindr — Indonesia (complete): source
Vimeo — Indonesia (complete): source
Tumblr — Kazakhstan (complete): source
Facebook — Myanmar (complete): source
X (formerly Twitter) — Myanmar (complete): source
Telegram — Pakistan (complete): source
Facebook — Russia (complete): source
GitHub — Russia (partial): source
Instagram — Russia (complete): source
Substack — Russia (complete): source
Wikipedia — Russia (partial): source
X (formerly Twitter) — Russia (complete): source
TikTok — Somalia (partial): source
Grindr — Turkey (complete): source
Grindr — UAE (complete): source
Roblox — UAE (partial): source
Tinder — UAE (complete): source
Tumblr — UK (age): source
Medium — Vietnam (complete): source
Telegram — Vietnam (complete): source

Update source for Odnoklassniki and VKontakte banning in Ukraine to Human Rights Watch report

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:17:13 +0100

2 changed.

Revised

Odnoklassniki — Ukraine (complete): notes, source
VKontakte — Ukraine (complete): notes, source

Update Al Jazeera UAE entry with Freedom House 2024 citation and details

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:14:32 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Al Jazeera — UAE (partial): notes, source

Update Al Jazeera status for UAE to partial censorship

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:00:27 +0100

1 added.

Added

Al Jazeera — UAE (partial)

Remove Al Jazeera / UAE entry as restriction has been fully lifted

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:55:18 +0100

1 removed.

Removed

Al Jazeera — UAE (partial)

Update platform label to DW (Deutsche Welle) to support acronym searching

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:54:18 +0100

9 renamed.

Renamed

DW (Deutsche Welle) — Afghanistan (partial) — was Deutsche Welle
DW (Deutsche Welle) — Belarus (complete) — was Deutsche Welle
DW (Deutsche Welle) — China (complete) — was Deutsche Welle
DW (Deutsche Welle) — Eritrea (complete) — was Deutsche Welle
DW (Deutsche Welle) — North Korea (complete) — was Deutsche Welle
DW (Deutsche Welle) — Russia (complete) — was Deutsche Welle
DW (Deutsche Welle) — Turkey (complete) — was Deutsche Welle
DW (Deutsche Welle) — Turkmenistan (complete) — was Deutsche Welle
DW (Deutsche Welle) — Venezuela (partial) — was Deutsche Welle

Update Al Jazeera post-Al-Ula boycott status for UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:53:09 +0100

1 added, 1 removed, 2 changed.

Added

Al Jazeera — UAE (partial)

Removed

Al Jazeera — UAE (complete)

Revised

Al Jazeera — Bahrain (complete): notes
Al Jazeera — Saudi Arabia (complete): notes

Add Venezuela censorship entry for X (formerly Twitter)

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:51:41 +0100

1 added.

Added

X (formerly Twitter) — Venezuela (complete)

Add Deutsche Welle censorship data and logo assets

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:50:29 +0100

9 added.

Added

Deutsche Welle — Afghanistan (partial)
Deutsche Welle — Belarus (complete)
Deutsche Welle — China (complete)
Deutsche Welle — Eritrea (complete)
Deutsche Welle — North Korea (complete)
Deutsche Welle — Russia (complete)
Deutsche Welle — Turkey (complete)
Deutsche Welle — Turkmenistan (complete)
Deutsche Welle — Venezuela (partial)

Add Al Jazeera and CGTN censorship data and logo assets

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:49:02 +0100

15 added.

Added

Al Jazeera — Bahrain (complete)
Al Jazeera — China (complete)
Al Jazeera — Egypt (complete)
Al Jazeera — Eritrea (complete)
CGTN — Eritrea (complete)
CGTN — Germany (partial)
Al Jazeera — Israel (complete)
Al Jazeera — North Korea (complete)
CGTN — North Korea (complete)
Al Jazeera — Saudi Arabia (complete)
Al Jazeera — Turkmenistan (complete)
CGTN — Turkmenistan (complete)
Al Jazeera — UAE (complete)
CGTN — UK (partial)
CGTN — United States (partial)

Add Netflix restriction entry for Crimea

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:40:28 +0100

1 added.

Added

Netflix — Crimea (complete)

Add North Korea and Turkmenistan to New York Times

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:11:04 +0100

2 added.

Added

New York Times — North Korea (complete)
New York Times — Turkmenistan (complete)

Delete six unsupported rows, source three that checked out

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:49:32 +0100

6 removed, 3 changed.

Removed

Associated Press — China (complete)
Netflix — China (complete)
Roblox — China (complete)
New York Times — Russia (complete)
Reuters — Russia (complete)
KakaoTalk — Saudi Arabia (partial)

Revised

DuckDuckGo — China (complete): notes, source
Spotify — China (complete): notes, source
Reddit — Indonesia (complete): notes, source

Make HEAVY_CENSORSHIP a fallback and add Eritrea to it

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:41:32 +0100

85 changed.

Revised

BBC News — Eritrea (complete): notes
Bluesky — Eritrea (complete): notes
ChatGPT — Eritrea (complete): notes
Discord — Eritrea (complete): notes
DuckDuckGo — Eritrea (complete): notes
Facebook — Eritrea (complete): notes
GitHub — Eritrea (complete): notes
Google — Eritrea (complete): notes
Grindr — Eritrea (complete): notes
Instagram — Eritrea (complete): notes
KakaoTalk — Eritrea (complete): notes
LINE — Eritrea (complete): notes
LinkedIn — Eritrea (complete): notes
Medium — Eritrea (complete): notes
Netflix — Eritrea (complete): notes
New York Times — Eritrea (complete): notes
Odnoklassniki — Eritrea (complete): notes
Patreon — Eritrea (complete): notes
Pinterest — Eritrea (complete): notes
Quora — Eritrea (complete): notes
Reddit — Eritrea (complete): notes
Roblox — Eritrea (complete): notes
Rumble — Eritrea (complete): notes
Russia Today — Eritrea (complete): notes
Signal — Eritrea (complete): notes
Snapchat — Eritrea (complete): notes
Spotify — Eritrea (complete): notes
Substack — Eritrea (complete): notes
Telegram — Eritrea (complete): notes
Threads — Eritrea (complete): notes
TikTok — Eritrea (complete): notes
Tinder — Eritrea (complete): notes
Tumblr — Eritrea (complete): notes
Twitch — Eritrea (complete): notes
Viber — Eritrea (complete): notes
Vimeo — Eritrea (complete): notes
VKontakte — Eritrea (complete): notes
WeChat — Eritrea (complete): notes
WhatsApp — Eritrea (complete): notes
Wikipedia — Eritrea (complete): notes
+45 more

Replace 27 fabricated and generic sources with verified ones

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:37:02 +0100

27 changed.

Revised

BBC News — Afghanistan (partial): source
TikTok — Afghanistan (complete): source
Roblox — Algeria (complete): source
Facebook — Canada (partial): source
Instagram — Canada (partial): source
Threads — Canada (partial): source
BBC News — China (complete): source
ChatGPT — China (complete): source
KakaoTalk — China (complete): source
LinkedIn — China (complete): source
Pinterest — China (complete): source
Snapchat — China (complete): source
BBC News — Iran (complete): source
ChatGPT — Iran (complete): source
Grindr — Lebanon (complete): source
Reuters — Myanmar (complete): source
Reuters — North Korea (complete): source
LINE — Oman (partial): source
LINE — Qatar (partial): source
BBC News — Russia (complete): source
ChatGPT — Russia (complete): source
LinkedIn — Russia (complete): source
Patreon — Russia (complete): source
Viber — Russia (complete): source
Zoom — Turkmenistan (complete): source
Substack — United Kingdom (age): source
Reuters — Vietnam (partial): source

Drop the stale WeChat Iran row and fix its Wikipedia sources

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:15:44 +0100

1 removed, 2 changed.

Removed

WeChat — Iran (partial)

Revised

WeChat — North Korea (complete): source
WeChat — Turkmenistan (complete): source

Map microstates, and separate RT website bans from broadcast bans

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:10:17 +0100

3 added, 2 removed, 2 changed.

Added

Russia Today — Australia (partial)
Russia Today — Canada (partial)
Russia Today — Malta (complete)

Removed

Russia Today — Australia (complete)
Russia Today — Canada (complete)

Revised

Russia Today — UK (complete): notes, source
Russia Today — Ukraine (complete): notes, source

Add Russia Today to censorship tracker

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:02:54 +0100

83 added, 17 changed.

Added

Russia Today — Albania (complete)
Russia Today — Australia (complete)
Russia Today — Austria (complete)
Russia Today — Belgium (complete)
Russia Today — Bulgaria (complete)
Russia Today — Canada (complete)
Associated Press — China (complete)
Russia Today — Croatia (complete)
Russia Today — Cyprus (complete)
Russia Today — Czech Republic (complete)
Russia Today — Denmark (complete)
Associated Press — Eritrea (complete)
BBC News — Eritrea (complete)
Bluesky — Eritrea (complete)
ChatGPT — Eritrea (complete)
Discord — Eritrea (complete)
DuckDuckGo — Eritrea (complete)
Facebook — Eritrea (complete)
GitHub — Eritrea (complete)
Google — Eritrea (complete)
Grindr — Eritrea (complete)
Instagram — Eritrea (complete)
KakaoTalk — Eritrea (complete)
LINE — Eritrea (complete)
LinkedIn — Eritrea (complete)
Medium — Eritrea (complete)
Netflix — Eritrea (complete)
New York Times — Eritrea (complete)
Odnoklassniki — Eritrea (complete)
Patreon — Eritrea (complete)
Pinterest — Eritrea (complete)
Quora — Eritrea (complete)
Reddit — Eritrea (complete)
Roblox — Eritrea (complete)
Rumble — Eritrea (complete)
Russia Today — Eritrea (complete)
Signal — Eritrea (complete)
Snapchat — Eritrea (complete)
Spotify — Eritrea (complete)
Substack — Eritrea (complete)
+43 more

Revised

BBC News — Afghanistan (partial): source
Facebook — Australia (age): source
Instagram — Australia (age): source
Reddit — Australia (age): source
Snapchat — Australia (age): source
Threads — Australia (age): source
TikTok — Australia (age): source
Tumblr — Australia (age): source
Twitch — Australia (age): source
X (formerly Twitter) — Australia (age): source
YouTube — Australia (age): source
BBC News — China (complete): source
BBC News — Iran (complete): source
Signal — Iran (complete): source
BBC News — North Korea (complete): source
BBC News — Russia (complete): source
BBC News — Vietnam (partial): source

Add New York Times to censorship tracker

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:38:19 +0100

13 added.

Added

New York Times — China (complete)
Reuters — China (complete)
Reuters — Eritrea (complete)
Reuters — Iran (complete)
Reuters — Myanmar (complete)
Reuters — North Korea (complete)
New York Times — Russia (complete)
Reuters — Russia (complete)
New York Times — Saudi Arabia (partial)
New York Times — Texas (age)
Reuters — Turkmenistan (complete)
New York Times — UAE (partial)
Reuters — Vietnam (partial)

Add partial restrictions for Meta platforms in Canada

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:37:16 +0100

3 added.

Added

Facebook — Canada (partial)
Instagram — Canada (partial)
Threads — Canada (partial)

Remove KakaoTalk South Korea entry

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:35:25 +0100

6 added, 1 removed.

Added

BBC News — Afghanistan (partial)
BBC News — China (complete)
BBC News — Iran (complete)
BBC News — North Korea (complete)
BBC News — Russia (complete)
BBC News — Vietnam (partial)

Removed

KakaoTalk — South Korea (age)

Add KakaoTalk censorship data and UI assets

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:33:56 +0100

7 added.

Added

KakaoTalk — China (complete)
KakaoTalk — Iran (complete)
KakaoTalk — North Korea (complete)
KakaoTalk — Saudi Arabia (partial)
KakaoTalk — South Korea (age)
KakaoTalk — Turkmenistan (complete)
KakaoTalk — UAE (partial)

Update TikTok Afghanistan entry with a description and a non-Wikipedia source

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:26:13 +0100

20 added, 1 changed.

Added

Discord — Iran (complete)
DuckDuckGo — Iran (complete)
Google — Iran (partial)
LINE — Iran (complete)
LinkedIn — Iran (partial)
Medium — Iran (complete)
Netflix — Iran (complete)
Odnoklassniki — Iran (complete)
Quora — Iran (complete)
Reddit — Iran (complete)
Roblox — Iran (complete)
Rumble — Iran (complete)
Spotify — Iran (complete)
TikTok — Iran (complete)
Twitch — Iran (complete)
Vimeo — Iran (complete)
VKontakte — Iran (complete)
WeChat — Iran (partial)
Wikipedia — Iran (partial)
Yandex — Iran (partial)

Revised

TikTok — Afghanistan (complete): notes, source

Update Zoom China info: local partners and stopped direct sales

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:23:06 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

Zoom — China (partial): notes, source

Add Zoom as completely blocked in Iran and Turkmenistan

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:20:47 +0100

2 added.

Added

Zoom — Iran (complete)
Zoom — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add Patreon and Pinterest entries for Iran and Turkmenistan

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:19:12 +0100

4 added.

Added

Patreon — Iran (complete)
Pinterest — Iran (complete)
Patreon — Turkmenistan (complete)
Pinterest — Turkmenistan (complete)

Rewrite TikTok China description to reflect actual history

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:09:16 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

TikTok — China (complete): notes

Replace TikTok China source with Citizen Lab research report

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:56:21 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

TikTok — China (complete): source

Fix platform chart tooltip to show only hovered ban type; add TikTok China entry

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:53:20 +0100

1 added.

Added

TikTok — China (complete)

Add Quora restriction row for Turkmenistan

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:36:17 +0100

1 added.

Added

Quora — Turkmenistan (complete)

Update Zoom entries: remove outdated UAE VoIP ban, add China restriction

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:57:51 +0100

1 added, 1 removed.

Added

Zoom — China (partial)

Removed

Zoom — UAE (partial)