Internet censorship
Research
‘Grindr blocked in Jordan: Shrinking LGBTQ spaces ‘, OONI & My Kali Magazine , 20th September 2023
‘Senegal: Social media blocks and network outages amid political unrest ‘, OONI, Cloudflare, Access Now , 1st August 2023
‘China is blocking OONI ‘, OONI , 28th July 2023
‘Brazil: OONI data on the blocking of Telegram ‘, OONI , 28th April 2023
‘OONI measurements show ongoing internet censorship in Azerbaijan ‘, OONI & Azerbaijan Internet Watch , 28th February 2023
‘How Internet censorship changed in Russia during the 1st year of military conflict in Ukraine ‘, OONI & Roskomsvoboda , 24th February 2023
‘Ethiopia: Ongoing blocking of social media ‘, OONI , 15th February 2023
‘Pakistan: Blocking of Wikipedia and Deutsche Welle (DW) ‘, OONI , 15th February 2023
‘Turkey: Throttling and DNS blocking of Twitter following deadly earthquake ‘, OONI , 15th February 2023
‘Technical multi-stakeholder report on Internet shutdowns: The case of Iran amid autumn 2022 protests ‘, OONI, IODA, M-Lab, Cloudflare, Kentik, Censored Planet, ISOC, Article19 , 29th November 2022
‘Iran blocks social media, app stores and encrypted DNS amid Mahsa Amini protests ‘, OONI & IODA , 25th September 2022
‘Azerbaijan and Armenia block TikTok amid border clashes ‘, OONI & Azerbaijan Internet Watch , 16th September 2022
‘New blocks emerge in Russia amid war in Ukraine: An OONI network measurement analysis ‘, OONI , 7th March 2022
‘Russia started blocking Tor ‘, OONI , 17th December 2021
‘Investigating Internet shutdowns through Mozilla telemetry ‘, OONI & CAIDA , 8th November 2021
‘How countries attempt to block Signal Private Messenger App around the world’ , OONI , 21st October 2021
‘Italy blocks Gutenberg book publishing website ‘, OONI , 10th September 2021
‘No Access: LGBTIQ Website Censorship in Six Countries ‘, OONI, OutRight Action International & Citizen Lab , 31st August 2021
‘Zambia: Social media blocked amid 2021 general elections ‘, OONI , 24th August 2021
‘A multi-perspective view of Internet censorship in Myanmar ‘, FOCI 2021 , 23rd August 2021
‘Media censorship in Azerbaijan through the lens of network measurement ‘, OONI & Azerbaijan Internet Watch , 2nd July 2021
‘Myanmar: Data on internet blocks and internet outages following military coup ‘, OONI , 9th March 2021
‘Uganda: Data on internet blocks and nationwide internet outage amid 2021 general election ‘, OONI , 22nd January 2021
‘Tanzania blocks social media (and Tor?) on election day ‘, OONI , 28th October 2020
‘Belarus protests: From internet outages to pervasive website censorship ‘, OONI , 15th September 2020
‘Measurement observations on network performance during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Italy’ , OONI & M-Lab , 17th July 2020
‘Burundi blocks social media amid 2020 general election ‘, OONI , 21st May 2020
‘Myanmar blocks “fake news” websites amid COVID-19 pandemic ‘, OONI , 6th May 2020
‘Iran temporarily blocks the Farsi language edition of Wikipedia ‘, OONI , 4th March 2020
‘Togo: Instant messaging apps blocked amid 2020 presidential election ‘, OONI , 25th February 2020
‘Iran’s nation-wide internet blackout: Measurement data and technical observations ‘, OONI , 23rd November 2019
‘On the blocking of abortion rights websites: Women on Waves & Women on Web ‘, OONI & Coding Rights , 29th October 2019
‘Egypt blocks BCC and Alhurra: Expanding media censorship amid political unrest ‘, OONI , 26th September 2019
‘Resurgence of Internet Censorship in Ethiopia: Blocking of WhatsApp, Facebook, and African Arguments ‘, OONI , 14th August 2019
‘Ethiopia: From internet blackouts to the blocking of WhatsApp and Telegram ‘, OONI , 21st June 2019
‘Nigeria’s 2019 elections through the lens of network measurements ‘, OONI & Paradigm Initiative , 29th May 2019
‘China is now blocking all language editions of Wikipedia ‘, OONI , 4th May 2019
‘Benin: Social media blocking and internet blackout amid 2019 elections ‘, OONI , 30th April 2019
‘Cuba blocks independent media amid 2019 constitutional referendum ‘, OONI , 26th February 2019
‘From the blocking of Wikipedia to Social Media: Venezuela’s Political Crisis ‘, OONI, Venezuela Inteligente, IPYS Venezuela, DFRLab , 29th January 2019
‘Zimbabwe protests: Social media blocking and internet blackouts ‘, OONI & Digital Society of Zimbabwe , 23rd January 2019
‘Internet disruption in Gabon amid coup attempt ‘, OONI , 9th January 2019
‘Uganda’s Social Media Tax through the lens of network measurements ‘, OONI & DefendDefenders (with artwork & contributions from POLLICY), 12th November 2018
‘The State of Internet Censorship in Venezuela ‘, OONI, IPYS Venezuela, Venezuela Inteligente , 16th August 2018
‘South Sudan: Measuring Internet Censorship in the World’s Youngest Nation ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) & TAHURID , 1st August 2018
‘Mali: Social media disruptions amid 2018 presidential election? ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) & Internet Sans Frontieres , 31st July 2018
‘The State of Internet Censorship in Egypt ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) & Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) , 2nd July 2018
‘Ethiopia: Verifying the unblocking of websites ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) & Access Now , 29th June 2018
‘Nigeria: Measuring Internet Censorship ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) & Paradigm Initiative , 11th June 2018
‘Sierra Leone: Network disruptions amid 2018 runoff elections ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 5th April 2018
‘Iran Protests: OONI data confirms censorship events ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 5th January 2018
‘How Pakistan blocked news outlets, social media sites, and IM apps amidst protests ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) & Bytes for All Pakistan , 29th November 2017
‘Internet Censorship in Pakistan: Findings from 2014 to 2017 ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) and Bytes for All Pakistan , 18th October 2017
‘Evidence of Internet Censorship during Catalonia’s Independence Referendum ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 3rd October 2017
‘Internet Censorship in Iran: Network Measurement Findings from 2014 to 2017 ‘ (full report), Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 28th September 2017
‘Measuring Internet Censorship in Cuba’s ParkNets ‘ (full report), Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 28th August 2017
‘#EgyptCensors: Evidence of recent censorship events in Egypt ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) & Access Now , 19th June 2017
‘The State of Internet Censorship in Indonesia ‘ (full report), Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) & Sinar Project , 23rd May 2017
‘The State of Internet Censorship in Myanmar ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), Sinar Project, Myanmar ICT for Development Organization (MIDO) , 29th March 2017
‘The State of Internet Censorship in Thailand ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), Sinar Project, Thai Netizen Network , 20th March 2017
‘Kenya: Censorship-free internet? ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) & CIPIT Strathmore University, 27th December 2016
‘The State of Internet Censorship in Malaysia ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) & Sinar Project , 20th December 2016
‘Ethiopia: Evidence of social media blocking and internet censorship ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) & Amnesty International , 14th December 2016
‘The Gambia: Internet Shutdown during 2016 Presidential Election ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), 9th December 2016
‘Zambia: Internet censorship during the 2016 general elections? ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) & CIPIT Strathmore University, 11th October 2016
‘Ethiopia: Internet Shutdown Amidst Recent Protests? ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) & CIPIT Strathmore University , 10th August 2016
‘Internet Access Disruption in Turkey – July 2016 ‘, RIPE Atlas & Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 19th July 2016
‘How Uganda blocked social media, again ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 17th May 2016
‘OONI Data Reveals How WhatsApp Was Blocked (Again) in Brazil ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 6th May 2016
Reports published on the OONI Censorship Findings platform
Blog posts & articles
‘Year in Review: OONI in 2023 ‘, OONI , 22nd December 2023
‘Launch: New OONI Censorship Findings platform ‘, OONI , 30th November 2023
‘OONI Community Interviews: Siti Nurliza ‘, OONI , 16th October 2023
‘New OONI Explorer features for investigating internet censorship through open data’ , OONI , 30th May 2023
‘iMAP 2022: New Research Reports on Internet Censorship in 8 Asian countries ‘, OONI , 23rd December 2022
‘Year in Review: OONI in 2022 ‘, OONI , 23rd December 2022
‘Highlights: 10 Years of OONI ‘, OONI , 5th December 2022
‘Join the 10th Ooniversary Events! ‘, OONI , 24th November 2022
‘Survey: Help shape OONI’s strategic priorities ‘, OONI , 20th October 2022
‘New online OONI training course launched by Advocacy Assembly ‘, OONI , 3rd October 2022
‘New Test Lists Editor: Contribute websites for censorship testing’ , OONI , 29th July 2022
‘OONI’s submission for the OHCHR report on internet shutdowns and human rights ‘, OONI , 15th June 2022
‘New Launch: OONI Measurement Aggregation Toolkit (MAT) ‘, OONI , 12th April 2022
‘Year in Review: OONI in 2021 ‘, OONI , 27th December 2021
‘iThena integration of OONI Probe boosts censorship measurement coverage worldwide ‘, OONI , 20th December 2021
‘Internet Measurements, Collaboration and Transparency ‘, Internet Society (ISOC) , 30th November 2021
‘A multi-perspective view of Internet censorship in Myanmar ‘, OONI , 11th November 2021
‘TunnelBear Tales: OONI ‘, TunnelBear , 3rd August 2021
‘OONI Partner Training 2021 ‘, OONI , 7th July 2021
‘Year in Review: OONI in 2020 ‘, OONI , 21st December 2020
‘OONI Probe ASN Incident Report ‘, OONI , 9th October 2020
‘Internet Measurement Village 2020: Slides and video recordings ‘, OONI , 27th July 2020
‘Support the OTF: Support a Free and Open Internet ‘, OONI , 22nd July 2020
‘Save Internet Freedom: Support the Open Technology Fund’ , OONI , 19th June 2020
‘OONI Run Usability Study: Findings ‘, OONI , 9th June 2020
‘Join the online Internet Measurement Village 2020 ‘, OONI , 5th June 2020
‘OONI Run Survey & Interviews: Share your feedback ‘, OONI , 23rd April 2020
‘Launched: New OONI Probe Desktop App for Windows and macOS ‘, OONI , 21st April 2020
‘Building a smart URL list system: Policy for URL prioritization ‘, OONI , 15th April 2020
‘Let’s measure the accessibility of COVID-19 websites around the world ‘, OONI , 23rd March 2020
‘Year in Review: OONI in 2019 ‘, OONI , 20th March 2020
‘OONI Highlights: 2017-2019′ , Open Technology Fund (OTF) , 2nd March 2020
‘Call to Action: Let’s measure the blocking of LGBTQI websites around the world! ‘, OONI , 4th December 2019
‘Next Generation OONI Explorer Launched! ‘, OONI , 12th September 2019
‘Year in Review: OONI in 2018 ‘, OONI , 18th January 2019
‘Major Revamp: OONI Probe Mobile App 2.0 Launched! ‘, OONI , 14th January 2019
‘Strength in Numbers: Fighting Internet Censorship ‘, The Tor Project , 5th December 2018
‘Do you use OONI Probe? We want your feedback! ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 19th July 2018
‘New OONI & AFTE Report Details The State of Internet Censorship in Egypt ‘, The Tor Project , 2nd July 2018
‘OONI Community Interviews: Julie Owono ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 23rd May 2018
‘OONI at RightsCon 2018 ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 11th May 2018
‘OONI Community Interviews: Moses Karanja ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 9th May 2018
‘ParkNet: Short Documentary on Internet Censorship in Cuba ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 23rd April 2018
‘OONI’s recent participation at events in Africa, India, and Europe ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 11th April 2018
‘Investigating Internet Blackouts from the Edge of the Network: OONI’s new upcoming methodology ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 4th April 2018
‘Year in Review: OONI in 2017 ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 30th December 2017
‘OONI at the 34th Chaos Communication Congress (34C3) ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 23rd December 2017
‘Investigating internet censorship with OONI data ‘, Data Driven Journalism , 25th October 2017
‘OONI Team Meeting: Montreal 2017 ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 20th October 2017
‘Keeping Your Site Alive ‘, Tactical Technology Collective & Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 30th September 2017
‘Internet Censorship in Iran: Findings from 2014 to 2017 ‘, The Tor Project , 28th September 2017
‘OONI Run: Let’s fight internet censorship together! ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 27th September 2017
‘Measuring Internet Censorship in Cuba’s ParkNets ‘, The Tor Project, 28th August 2017
‘Measuring the Internet for Freedom ‘, Project Syndicate , 22nd August 2017
‘OONI Partner Gathering 2017 ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 24th July 2017
‘The State of Internet Censorship in Indonesia ‘, The Tor Project , 23rd May 2017
‘OONI – Descubriendo la censura en Internet en todo el mundo ‘, Oficina Antivigilancia, Coding Rights , 5th May 2017
‘Examining internet blackouts through public data sources ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 28th March 2017
‘New ooniprobe mobile app: Measure internet censorship & performance! ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 9th February 2017
‘Tor at the Heart: OONI Highlights from 2016 ‘, The Tor Project , 22nd December 2016
‘New OONI tests examine the blocking of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), 15th December 2016
‘OONI releases new web UI: Run censorship tests from your web browser! ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), 13th December 2016
‘Tor at the Heart: The OONI project ‘, The Tor Project , 8th December 2016
‘OONI-dev meeting and hackathon 2016 ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 22nd November 2016
‘OONI releases new Web Connectivity test for detecting online censorship ‘, Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) , 3rd June 2016
‘OONI Explorer: Censorship and other Network Anomalies Around the World ‘, The Tor Project , 23rd March 2016