Global Censorship Tracker — what changed in Turkmenistan

Rename DW platform to Deutsche Welle

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:54:01 +0100

1 renamed.

Renamed

Deutsche Welle — Turkmenistan (complete) — was DW (Deutsche Welle)

Rename X formerly Twitter platform to X

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:51:44 +0100

1 renamed.

Renamed

X — Turkmenistan (complete) — was X (formerly Twitter)

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

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

8 changed.

Revised

Al Jazeera — Turkmenistan (complete): source
Associated Press — Turkmenistan (complete): source
CGTN — Turkmenistan (complete): source
DW (Deutsche Welle) — Turkmenistan (complete): source
New York Times — Turkmenistan (complete): source
Reuters — Turkmenistan (complete): source
WeChat — Turkmenistan (complete): source
Zoom — Turkmenistan (complete): source

Add GitHub's complete block in Turkmenistan

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

1 added.

Added

GitHub — Turkmenistan (complete)

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

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

1 renamed.

Renamed

DW (Deutsche Welle) — Turkmenistan (complete) — was Deutsche Welle

Add Deutsche Welle censorship data and logo assets

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

1 added.

Added

Deutsche Welle — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add Al Jazeera and CGTN censorship data and logo assets

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

2 added.

Added

Al Jazeera — Turkmenistan (complete)
CGTN — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add North Korea and Turkmenistan to New York Times

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

1 added.

Added

New York Times — Turkmenistan (complete)

Replace 27 fabricated and generic sources with verified ones

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

1 changed.

Revised

Zoom — Turkmenistan (complete): source

Drop the stale WeChat Iran row and fix its Wikipedia sources

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

1 changed.

Revised

WeChat — Turkmenistan (complete): source

Add Russia Today to censorship tracker

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

1 added.

Added

Associated Press — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add New York Times to censorship tracker

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

1 added.

Added

Reuters — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add KakaoTalk censorship data and UI assets

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

1 added.

Added

KakaoTalk — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add Zoom as completely blocked in Iran and Turkmenistan

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

1 added.

Added

Zoom — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add Patreon and Pinterest entries for Iran and Turkmenistan

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

2 added.

Added

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

Add Quora restriction row for Turkmenistan

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

1 added.

Added

Quora — Turkmenistan (complete)

Drop the "not an active block" hedge from Spotify Turkmenistan

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:35:24 +0100

1 changed.

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Spotify — Turkmenistan (complete): notes

Add Spotify Turkmenistan (never launched, not a technical block)

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:31:50 +0100

1 added.

Added

Spotify — Turkmenistan (complete)

Update Tumblr ban status: remove Indonesia, add China, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and other countries

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:42:19 +0100

1 added.

Added

Tumblr — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add Vimeo bans for China, North Korea, and Turkmenistan

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:41:29 +0100

1 added.

Added

Vimeo — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add Substack censorship data for North Korea and Turkmenistan

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:32:37 +0100

1 added.

Added

Substack — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add Rumble censorship data for Brazil, Russia, North Korea, China, and Turkmenistan

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:32:11 +0100

1 added.

Added

Rumble — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add Google complete ban in Turkmenistan

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:57:38 +0100

1 added.

Added

Google — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add Turkmenistan to WeChat data

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:28:56 +0100

1 added.

Added

WeChat — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add Viber and LINE censorship tracking data including Russia block for Viber

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:09:03 +0100

2 added.

Added

LINE — Turkmenistan (complete)
Viber — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add Threads platform with ban and age-restriction data

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:33 +0100

1 added.

Added

Threads — Turkmenistan (complete)

Remove Pornhub and expand Bluesky country coverage

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:43:03 +0100

1 added.

Added

Bluesky — Turkmenistan (complete)

Use British English spelling in page copy

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:05:19 +0100

1 changed.

Revised

VPNs — Turkmenistan (complete): notes

Remove Google Turkmenistan ban entry

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:52:20 +0100

1 removed.

Removed

Google — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add Google complete ban for Turkmenistan

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:50:21 +0100

1 added.

Added

Google — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add VPN Tracker with ban table and legislative efforts

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:39:11 +0100

1 added.

Added

VPNs — Turkmenistan (complete)

Add DuckDuckGo complete ban for Turkmenistan

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:33:14 +0100

1 added.

Added

DuckDuckGo — Turkmenistan (complete)

Move all ban data into censorship_data.csv

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:44:00 +0100

12 added.

Added

Discord — Turkmenistan (complete)
Facebook — Turkmenistan (complete)
Instagram — Turkmenistan (complete)
LinkedIn — Turkmenistan (complete)
Reddit — Turkmenistan (complete)
Signal — Turkmenistan (complete)
Snapchat — Turkmenistan (complete)
Telegram — Turkmenistan (complete)
TikTok — Turkmenistan (complete)
WhatsApp — Turkmenistan (complete)
X (formerly Twitter) — Turkmenistan (complete)
YouTube — Turkmenistan (complete)