Hello,
OONI and Access Now published a joint report today, verifying the
unblocking of websites in Ethiopia based on network measurement data.
You can read our report here: https://ooni.io/post/ethiopia-unblocking/
We quite rarely see governments unblocking hundreds of websites in one
go, and we even more rarely report on the unblocking of sites.
Given that Ethiopia has experienced quite pervasive levels of internet
censorship over the last decade, the unblocking of sites is a major event.
An official list, however, detailing the 264 sites that are reportedly
unblocked has not been published yet (to our knowledge). We therefore
tested the sites that were previously known to be blocked in Ethiopia
(based on our previous research).
OONI data shows that most of the sites previously found to be blocked in
Ethiopia are now indeed unblocked.
Many thanks to volunteers running OONI Probe in Ethiopia, thus making
this research possible!
And thanks for reading!
Cheers,
Maria.
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Maria Xynou
Research and Partnerships Coordinator
Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
https://ooni.torproject.org/
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Hello,
I'm sending this email as a reminder that OONI's June community
meeting is taking place today (25th June) at 14:00 UTC (for 1 hour).
Where: https://slack.openobservatory.org (OONI Slack channel) or #ooni
on IRC
Please add topics that you would like to discuss as part of the meeting
here: https://pad.riseup.net/p/ooni-community-meeting
Looking forward to connecting with you soon!
Cheers,
Maria.
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Maria Xynou
Research and Partnerships Coordinator
Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
https://ooni.torproject.org/
PGP Key Fingerprint: 2DC8 AFB6 CA11 B552 1081 FBDE 2131 B3BE 70CA 417E
Hello,
The OONI team warmly welcomes you to join us next week for our monthly
community meeting.
Where: https://slack.openobservatory.org/ (OONI Slack channel)
When: Monday, 25th June 2018 at 14:00 UTC (for 1 hour)
We'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions on how we can improve
our tools and research methodologies.
Please add topics that you would like to discuss as part of the meeting
in this pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/ooni-community-meeting
If you're not able to join us, please feel encouraged to join us on
Slack or IRC any other day!
Looking forward to connecting with you soon!
All the best,
~ The OONI team.
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Maria Xynou
Research and Partnerships Coordinator
Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
https://ooni.torproject.org/
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Hello,
Today OONI and Nigeria's Paradigm Initiative published a joint research
report: "Tightening the Noose on Freedom of Expression: 2018 Status of
Internet Freedom in Nigeria".
* Full report: https://ooni.torproject.org/documents/nigeria-report.pdf
* Summary: https://ooni.torproject.org/documents/nigeria-report-summary.pdf
* OONI censorship findings:
https://ooni.torproject.org/post/nigeria-internet-censorship/
This report examines surveillance and internet censorship in Nigeria,
the latter based on OONI Probe network measurements:
https://api.ooni.io/files/by_country/NG
Most of the sites found to be blocked are associated with content on the
secession agitations for Biafra in Eastern Nigeria.
These sites were blocked by (at least) 3 Nigerian ISPs: MTN, Globacom,
and Airtel. MTN appears to be blocking sites by means of DNS tampering,
while Globacom blocks sites by means of TCP/IP blocking, and Airtel by
means of HTTP blocking.
News outlet naij.com was temporarily blocked in November 2017, but has
since become accessible.
Most sites and services appear to have been accessible in Nigeria
throughout the testing period, including popular communications
platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, and circumvention tools
like Tor.
Thanks for reading!
All the best,
Maria.
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Maria Xynou
Research and Partnerships Coordinator
Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
https://ooni.torproject.org/
PGP Key Fingerprint: 2DC8 AFB6 CA11 B552 1081 FBDE 2131 B3BE 70CA 417E
