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PT community meetup September [29/09/2022]
by Vasilis 27 Sep '22

27 Sep '22

Dear all, This month Pluggable Transports meetup will take place on Tuesday, September 29. Time: 10:00 AM EDT / 2:00 PM UTC / 16:00 PM CEST Where: Pluggable Transports channel * [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#pluggable-transports:matrix.org) * [IRC (no account required)](https://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=pluggable-transports) * [Slack](https://openobservatory.slack.com/messages/pluggable-transports/) * [Mattermost](https://community.internetfreedomfestival.org/community/channel… Please add any topics you would like to discuss during the meeting here: https://pad.riseup.net/p/pt-meetup-keep More info and details on how to join: https://pluggabletransports.info/blog/pt-meetup-sep2022/ Hope to see many of you there. Best, ~Vasilis -- PGP Fingerprint: 8FD5 CF5F 39FC 03EB B382 7470 5FBF 70B1 D126 0162 PGP Public Key: https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/8FD5CF5F39FC03EBB38274705FBF…

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OONI Community Meeting: Tomorrow, 27th September 2022
by Maria Xynou 26 Sep '22

26 Sep '22

Hello, The OONI team warmly welcomes you to join us tomorrow for our monthly community meeting. *=> Where? *OONI Slack channel: https://slack.ooni.org/ (bridged with IRC: ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697/#ooni) *=> When?* Tomorrow, *27th September 2022 at 14:00 UTC* (for 1 hour) As part of the meeting, we'll be discussing the *improved version of OONI's Code of Conduct* and we'll be requesting your feedback for further improvements. Please add any additional topics that you'd like to discuss during the meeting in this pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/ooni-community-meeting-keep We hope you can join us! Thanks, ~ OONI team

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New Report: Iran blocks social media, app stores and encrypted DNS amid protests
by Maria Xynou 25 Sep '22

25 Sep '22

Hello, Today OONI published a new report documenting the latest censorship events in Iran amid the ongoing protests. Read the report here: https://ooni.org/post/2022-iran-blocks-social-media-mahsa-amini-protests/ *# Key Findings* OONI data shows new blocking events in Iran amid ongoing protests: ** Increased blocking of encrypted DNS. *As of 20th September 2022, OONI data shows that ISPs in Iran started blocking DNS over HTTPS (DoH) endpoints by means of DNS based tampering (returning bogons), in addition to implementing TLS level interference. Previously reachable DoH endpoints (such as cloudflare-dns.com) are now blocked. ** Blocking of WhatsApp and Instagram. *As of 21st September 2022, OONI data shows that many ISPs in Iran started blocking access to WhatsApp endpoints, web.whatsapp.com, and www.instagram.com. We mostly observe TCP/IP blocking, with additional DNS and TLS blocking. ** Blocking of Google Play Store and Apple App Store. *As of 22nd September 2022, OONI data shows that multiple ISPs in Iran started blocking access to Google Play Store and Apple App Store domains. ** Blocking of Skype and Linkedin. *As of 23rd September 2022, OONI data shows the blocking of Skype, while the blocking of Linkedin is automatically confirmed on at least 10 networks in Iran. In addition to the above blocks (and many other long-term blocks), Iran experienced *5 major outages affecting mobile networks* over the past week, which are visible in the IODA, Cloudflare Radar and Kentik datasets. OONI data suggests that Psiphon and Tor Snowflake work in Iran, and can potentially be used for censorship circumvention. We also share the key findings of our study in this Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/OpenObservatory/status/1574108767226155008 You can continue to monitor censorship events in Iran through real-time OONI data: https://explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat?probe_cc=IR&test_name=web_connectivity&… We thank OONI Probe users in Iran who contributed measurements, supporting this study. <3 ~ OONI team.

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New Report: Azerbaijan and Armenia block TikTok amid border clashes
by Maria Xynou 16 Sep '22

16 Sep '22

Hello, Today OONI and Azerbaijan Internet Watch published a new research report which shares *OONI data on the* *blocking of TikTok in Armenia and Azerbaijan* during the border clashes over the last days. Read our report here: https://ooni.org/post/2022-azerbaijan-and-armenia-blocks-tiktok/ In *Azerbaijan*, OONI data shows: * TikTok website & endpoints blocked on at least 3 networks; * TLS level interference by dropping packets after noticing a disallowed server_name; * ISPs block TikTok based on different lists of TikTok endpoint domains. In *Armenia*, OONI data shows: * TikTok blocked on at least 2 networks; * On most networks, TikTok interference observed at the DNS level by returning an NXDOMAIN error, an IP address associated with www.google.com, or a set of unrelated IP addresses which contain an expired certificate for the server_name it.domain.name; * Not all tested networks in Armenia implemented the TikTok block and censorship techniques varied from network to network; * Several endpoints used by the TikTok app and website are also blocked on at least one network in Armenia. Overall, OONI data shows that Azerbaijan blocked TikTok by means of TLS level interference, while Armenia implemented both DNS level blocks and TLS level interference. Learn more through our report: https://ooni.org/post/2022-azerbaijan-and-armenia-blocks-tiktok/ We thank OONI Probe users in Armenia and Azerbaijan who contributed measurements, supporting this study. You can continue to monitor the reachability of TikTok (and other platforms) in Armenia and Azerbaijan through OONI data: https://explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat Thanks, Maria.

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Updated OONI user guides and documentation
by Maria Xynou 07 Sep '22

07 Sep '22

Hello friends, Hope you're all doing well. I'm touching base to share updated OONI user guides and documentation, which we hope you will find useful. *# Test Lists* Interested in contributing websites for censorship testing around the world? You can do that through our *Test Lists Editor*: https://test-lists.ooni.org Learn how to use the platform through our *new user guide*: https://ooni.org/support/test-lists-editor We have also updated our documentation for: * Contributing to test lists via GitHub: https://ooni.org/support/github-test-lists * General test list documentation: https://ooni.org/get-involved/contribute-test-lists (which we recommend reading, if you'd like to contribute to test lists) *# OONI Probe user guides* We also recently updated our user guides for: * OONI Probe Mobile: https://ooni.org/support/ooni-probe-mobile * OONI Probe Desktop: https://ooni.org/support/ooni-probe-desktop We're happy to address any questions, or discuss any feedback you may have. Cheers, Maria.

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