I wrote this post about OONI in English and it was translated to Spanish.Read the post (in Spanish) here.Publisher: Oficina Antivigilancia, Coding RightsPublication date: 5th May 2017
Category: Internet censorship
Jun 19
The State of Internet Censorship in Indonesia
New OONI network measurement data collected from 21 local vantage points confirms the blocking of 161 websites in Indonesia between 22nd June 2016 to 1st March 2017. Indonesian ISPs appear to be implementing block pages primarily through DNS hijacking.Vimeo and Reddit were found to be blocked in some networks in Indonesia, even though their ban …
Apr 02
The State of Internet Censorship in Myanmar
Out of 1,927 sites that were tested for censorship in six local vantage points in Myanmar, only five sites presented signs of TCP/IP and HTTP blocking, including the sites of the U.S. embassy in Myanmar and of the Organization of American States (OAS). The motivation and justification behind the potential blocking of these sites remains …
Apr 02
Examining internet blackouts through public data sources
Pulling the plug on the internet is one of the ways that governments around the world attempt to exert control over the flow of information.While the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) project has developed numerous software tests for examining different forms of internet censorship (such as the blocking of websites, instant messaging apps, and …
Mar 21
The State of Internet Censorship in Thailand
New OONI data reveals the blocking of 13 websites in Thailand across 6 different ISPs, between 6th November 2016 and 27th February 2017. Thai ISPs appear to primarily be implementing censorship through DNS hijacking and through the use of middle boxes (HTTP transparent proxies) which serve block pages.The blocked sites include: News outlets (nypost.com and …
Mar 12
New ooniprobe mobile app: Measure internet censorship & performance!
Today the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) project is thrilled to announce the release of a new mobile app (“ooniprobe – Measure Internet Censorship & Performance”) that can now be installed on Android and iOS for testing Internet censorship and network performance.Read the post here.Publisher: Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)Publication date: 9th February 2017
Jan 28
Tor at the Heart: OONI Highlights from 2016
The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a free software project under The Tor Project that aims to uncover internet censorship around the world. Recently we published an overview of OONI which can be found here.Today we are providing some OONI highlights from 2016. These include our research findings in collaboration with our partners, …
Jan 28
Kenya: Censorship-free internet?
Over the last five months we ran OONI tests in Kenya almost every day to examine whether internet censorship events were occurring in the country. Hundreds of thousands of network measurements were collected and analyzed. 1,357 URLs were tested for censorship, including both international websites and sites that are more relevant to Kenya (e.g. local …
Jan 28
The State of Internet Censorship in Malaysia
In light of recent censorship events in Malaysia, the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), in collaboration with Sinar Project, conducted a study to examine whether internet censorship events were persisting in the country and, if so, to collect data that can serve as evidence of them. This study was carried out through the collection of …
Jan 28
New OONI tests examine the blocking of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger
Today the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) project is excited to announce the release of two new software tests which are designed to examine the blocking of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. You can now run these tests to monitor the accessibility of these apps across time, and to collect data that can serve as …