Hello,
Last year, OONI wrote a research paper ("*Measuring DoT/DoH Blocking Using
OONI Probe: A Preliminary Study*") which was presented at the Network and
Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS'21) as part of the DNS Privacy
Workshop. You can read this paper here:
https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/dnspriv21-02-paper.pdf
This study involves an *investigation of encrypted DNS (DoT & DoH) blocking
in Kazakhstan, Iran, and China* with a new OONI Probe experiment
(…
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Today, we're publishing a blog post with a *summary of findings* (and video
presentation): https://ooni.org/post/2022-doh-dot-paper-dnsprivacy21/
You can also find a summary of findings through this Twitter thread:
https://twitter.com/OpenObservatory/status/1537764247442268161
You can help contribute measurements on encrypted DNS blocking by running
OONI Probe: https://ooni.org/install
Huge thanks to community members who supported this study!
Thanks,
Maria.
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Hello,
In previous months, OONI had the great pleasure to serve as the host
organization for Kathrin Elmenhorst's Open Technology Fund (OTF)
Information Controls Fellowship.
As part of her fellowship with us, Kathrin investigated QUIC blocking &
QUIC's potential for censorship resistance.
Her findings reveal *QUIC censorship in China, India, Russia and Uganda*,
and she shares approaches for QUIC censorship evasion.
Learn more about her amazing research through her blog post ("*A Quick …
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at QUIC Censorship*"):
https://ooni.org/post/2022-quick-look-quic-censorship/
Thanks,
Maria.
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Hello,
Currently the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council is taking place.
In response to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’s call for
submissions in support of the OHCHR report on internet shutdowns and human
rights to the 50th session of the Human Rights Council in June 2022, the
OONI team provided a submission with relevant information on the occurrence
of mandated disruptions of access to social media and messaging platforms
over the past 5 years based on empirical OONI …
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Read our submission here:
https://ooni.org/documents/2022-ooni-submission-ohchr-report-internet-shutd…
We share *OONI data on social media blocks during elections and protests
over the last 5 years*.
Thanks,
Maria.
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Hello,
I'm excited to share that we're hiring!
The OONI team (a non-profit fighting internet censorship) is looking for a
dedicated *community coordinator* to help grow and support the OONI
community around the world.
*Information about the job description, qualification requirements, and how
to apply* is available here:
https://ooni.org/post/2022-job-opening-ooni-community-coordinator/
Born in 2012, OONI builds free software (OONI Probe) that enables anyone to
detect and collect evidence …
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installs, OONI Probe is run in more than 160 countries every month. To
increase transparency of internet censorship, we publish censorship
measurements as open data in near real-time. This data supports research
and advocacy efforts investigating and fighting internet censorship
worldwide.
By joining our team, you will support our partners and global community of
human rights defenders to measure and fight internet censorship.
Our community is at the heart of our work, and you will play an important
role in helping to ensure that our tools meet the needs of our community.
This is a *full-time 12-month contract position* (which may be extended),
starting ASAP.
This is a *fully remote position*. We encourage applications from anywhere
in the world!
The application deadline is *Sunday, 12th June 2022.*
Please spread the word (
https://twitter.com/OpenObservatory/status/1525110440153559040) and help us
find someone who can best serve the internet freedom community!
Thank you,
OONI team.
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