August 2017 archive

Report: Measuring Internet Censorship in Cuba’s ParkNets

Image by Arturo Filastò (CC-BY-SA-3.0)OONI network measurement data, collected from eight vantage points across three Cuban cities between 29th May 2017 to 10th June 2017, confirms the blocking of 41 websites. Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology, which we suspect to be located in Havana, was used to reset connections to those sites and serve (blank) block pages. …

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Measuring Internet Censorship in Cuba’s ParkNets

Last May, the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) team visited Cuba. We ran a variety of network measurement tests in Havana, Santa Clara, and Santiago de Cuba with the aim of measuring internet censorship.This post provides an overview of our study.Read the post here.Publisher: The Tor ProjectPublication date: 28th August 2017

Measuring the Internet for Freedom

Internet censorship enables governments to manipulate public discourse and erode citizens’ rights. But a five-year-old software program called ooniprobe allows users to fight back.Read this commentary here.Publication date: 22nd August 2017Publisher: Project Syndicate

OONI Partner Gathering 2017

Recently we hosted the first OONI Partner Gathering.This two day event was hosted at the University of Toronto on 10th and 11th July 2017.The event brought our international partners together to share skills, knowledge, and research findings on the study of internet censorship. It also provided us the opportunity to reflect on our collaboration over …

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