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license: cc-by-4.0
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task_categories:
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- tabular-classification
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- time-series-forecasting
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language:
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- en
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tags:
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- censorship
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- internet-freedom
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- ooni
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- human-rights
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- network-measurement
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- geopolitics
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pretty_name: Voidly Global Censorship Index
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size_categories:
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- 1M<n<10M
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---
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# Voidly Global Censorship Index
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**The most comprehensive open dataset for internet censorship research and ML.**
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## Dataset Description
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This dataset contains 10 years of global internet censorship measurements from 120+ countries, including:
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- **1.6M+ daily measurements** (2017-2026)
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- **37K detected anomaly spikes**
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- **4.5K confirmed censorship events** with labels
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- **25+ known major incidents** (Mahsa Amini protests, Myanmar coup, etc.)
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### Data Sources
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- Primary: [OONI (Open Observatory of Network Interference)](https://ooni.org)
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- Secondary: Voidly Research analysis and labeling
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## Files
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| File | Description | Rows |
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| `ooni-historical.parquet` | Daily measurements by country/test | 1.6M |
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| `censorship-incidents.parquet` | Labeled anomaly spikes | 37K |
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| `known-events.json` | Major censorship events | 25+ |
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## Usage
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```python
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from datasets import load_dataset
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# Load historical measurements
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ds = load_dataset("emperor-mew/global-censorship-index", data_files="ooni-historical.parquet")
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# Load labeled incidents (for ML training)
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incidents = load_dataset("emperor-mew/global-censorship-index", data_files="censorship-incidents.parquet")
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```
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## Schema
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### ooni-historical
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| Column | Type | Description |
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|--------|------|-------------|
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| country | string | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code |
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| test_name | string | OONI test type (web_connectivity, telegram, whatsapp) |
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| date | date | Measurement date |
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| measurement_count | int | Total measurements |
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| anomaly_count | int | Measurements showing anomalies |
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| confirmed_count | int | Confirmed blocked |
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| anomaly_rate | float | Fraction showing anomalies (0-1) |
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### censorship-incidents
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| Column | Type | Description |
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|--------|------|-------------|
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| country | string | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code |
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| date | date | Incident date |
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| anomaly_rate | float | Measured anomaly rate |
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| measurement_count | int | Sample size |
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| spike_magnitude | float | Z-score above baseline |
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| label | int | 1=confirmed censorship, 0=not |
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| event | string | Matched known event (if any) |
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| confidence | float | Label confidence (0-1) |
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## Known Events Covered
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- 🇮🇷 Iran Mahsa Amini protests (2022)
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- 🇲🇲 Myanmar military coup (2021)
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- 🇧🇾 Belarus election shutdown (2020)
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- 🇷🇺 Russia Ukraine invasion blocks (2022+)
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- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan January protests (2022)
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- 🇸🇩 Sudan military coup (2021)
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- 🇨🇺 Cuba July protests (2021)
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- 🇺🇬 Uganda election shutdown (2021)
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- And 17+ more...
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## Model
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We provide a trained GradientBoosting classifier:
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- **F1 Score**: 99.8%
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- **ROC AUC**: 1.000
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- Available via API: `https://api.voidly.ai/hydra/v1/detect`
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## Citation
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```bibtex
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@dataset{voidly_censorship_index_2026,
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author = {Voidly Research},
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title = {Global Censorship Index: 10 Years of Internet Measurement Data},
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year = {2026},
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publisher = {Hugging Face},
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url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/emperor-mew/global-censorship-index}
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}
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```
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## Links
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- 🌐 [Voidly Censorship Index](https://voidly.ai/censorship-index)
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- 📡 [Real-time API](https://api.voidly.ai/data/censorship-index.json)
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- 🤖 [MCP Server](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@voidly/mcp-server)
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- 📊 [OONI (source)](https://ooni.org)
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## License
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CC BY 4.0 - Attribution required
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