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Voidly Censorship Monitor

by Voidly · voidly.ai · Tools
Established publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 21 Oct 2026

Measures whether frequently-censored sites load from your network. Reports test outcomes only — never your browsing.

Users
9
+1 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
2
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#207K
#174K among extensions
Version
3.0.0
updated 31 Jul 2026

Users

monthly, 11 months
0611Nov 2025May 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 9 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 11 months
012Nov 2025May 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 2 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Voidly Censorship Monitor

Voidly Censorship Monitor turns your browser into a measurement point for open internet-censorship research. Every 15 minutes it tests 20 sites from a fixed, published list of 62 — news outlets, social platforms, messaging apps and privacy tools that are blocked in some countries — and records whether each one loaded from your network. WHAT MAKES THIS VERSION DIFFERENT Earlier versions reported a site as blocked whenever a request failed. That cannot tell real interference apart from a domain that no longer exists, a captive portal, or a local content blocker — and it produces a great many false positives. This version reads real HTTP responses and checks an independent public DNS resolver before reporting anything: • A site nobody can resolve is recorded as a dead domain, not as censorship • A bot-check page is recorded as reachable, because the path is open • A result the extension cannot stand behind is discarded rather than sent PRIVACY • No browsing history. There is no content script, no tabs permission and no history access • Your cookies are never attached to a test • Permissions are an explicit list of the sites being tested, not wildcards • Nothing is collected beyond the outcome of the extension's own scheduled tests Free, and free of charge — no account, no sign-in, no payment.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−1−10.0%00.00
30 days+1+12.5%00.00
6 months+1+12.5%00.00

Version history

2 versions recorded
3.0.031 Jul 2026
1.0.024 Nov 2025

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
24 Nov 2025
Size
24 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
voidly.ai
Support
voidly.ai
Extension ID
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Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
storagealarms
Site access
https://accessnow.org/*https://aljazeera.com/*https://amnesty.org/*https://archive.org/*https://article19.org/*https://bbc.com/*https://bing.com/*https://cnn.com/*https://cpj.org/*https://discord.com/*and 54 more

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