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Join the Open Measurement Gathering AMA - June 25th
by Maria Xynou 25 Jun '25

25 Jun '25

Hi all, *OMG!* Your favourite open source measurement tools (Censored Planet, IODA, Measurement Lab, and OONI) are hosting a public livestream where we will share project updates, future plans, and gather questions and feedback from the Internet Freedom community. Each measurement group will speak for ~30 minutes followed by Q&A. *Who should attend:* advocacy organizations, digital rights researchers, anti-censorship tool developers, journalists, lawyers, activists, policy makers, funders, etc. Learn what the OMG Groups are working on and ask us your questions! - Title: OMG AMA - Date: June 25, 2025 - Time: 14:00 - 18:00 UTC - Event location: https://umich.zoom.us/j/91408875109 - Agenda: Time UTC Time EDT Presenter 14:00 - 14:45 10:00 - 10:45 Censored Planet 15:00 - 15:45 11:00 - 11:45 M-Lab 16:00 - 16:45 12:00 - 12:45 OONI 17:00 -17:45 13:00 - 13:45 IODA We hope you can join us! Best, Maria.

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OONI Community Meeting_Tomorrow, 14:00 UTC
by Elizaveta Yachmeneva 23 Jun '25

23 Jun '25

Hi everyone! This is a reminder that we will host OONI’s monthly community meeting tomorrow. => Where? OONI Slack: https://slack.ooni.org/, #ooni => When? Tuesday, 24th June 2025 at 14:00 UTC (for 1 hour) We host text-based monthly community meetings every last Tuesday of the month. At these meetings, we discuss the latest news related to internet censorship in different countries, share updates on our projects and tools, and answer questions about OONI software and data. This meeting is open to everyone, so please feel free to share the invitation with your community and colleagues. As always, we will be using this pad for the agenda, so please add your questions and updates here: https://pad.riseup.net/p/ooni-community-meeting-keep We look forward to chatting with you all tomorrow in the #ooni channel! Warmly, ~ OONI Team

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New OONI Explorer Censorship Findings reports
by Elizaveta Yachmeneva 13 Jun '25

13 Jun '25

Hi everyone! We are happy to share that OONI Explorer Censorship Findings page <https://explorer.ooni.org/findings> now includes 52 reports on censorship events that we have witnessed and documented since August 2022. In the past months we have published seven new reports covering the blocks that happened in 2025: February 2025: * Egypt blocked independent media outlet Zawia3: explorer.ooni.org/findings/99431807200 <http://explorer.ooni.org/findings/99431807200> March 2025: * Albania blocked Tiktok: https://explorer.ooni.org/findings/274282914400 * Türkiye blocked the opposition campaign Boykotyap amid protests: https://explorer.ooni.org/findings/72755787600 May 2025: * India blocked The Wire amid military conflict with Pakistan: https://explorer.ooni.org/findings/667455800 * Jordan blocked 12 news media websites: https://explorer.ooni.org/findings/101531332700 * Vietnam blocked Telegram: https://explorer.ooni.org/findings/382823169800 * Indonesia blocked the Internet Archive: https://explorer.ooni.org/findings/8025203600 While this list of censorship events is not exhaustive and has to be updated, we hope that it will be usefull for your work. We thank OONI Probe <https://ooni.org/install/> users all over the world who contribute measurements every day and enable us with the data to produce such reports. If you have any feedback for the page, or the reports, please do not hesitate to share it with our team. Best, ~ OONI Team

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New OONI Code of Conduct Committee members and updates
by Maria Xynou 11 Jun '25

11 Jun '25

Hello friends, Today we published an *updated version of the OONI Code of Conduct (CoC)*: https://ooni.org/get-involved/code-of-conduct/ With this update, we're thrilled to share that the OONI Code of Conduct (CoC) now includes *3 new Incident Response Committee members*: 1) Raya Sharbain (Tor Project) 2) Andrés Azpúrua (Conexión Segura y Libre) 3) Sam Ng (Sinar Project) Each of the above and their respective organizations have played leadership roles in the OONI community over the past decade, and we're grateful that they've joined the OONI CoC Committee to help ensure that we have a safe and inclusive community. You can find the full list of OONI CoC Committee members, along with information on how to report a CoC violation, here: https://ooni.org/get-involved/code-of-conduct/#where-to-go-for-help We also introduced a new "*Transparency Report*" section, where we disclose the number of CoC violations received and addressed each year: https://ooni.org/get-involved/code-of-conduct/#transparency-report We thank you all for participating in the OONI community and for helping to ensure a safe, friendly, and inclusive environment for all! <3 We're happy to address any CoC questions, and we welcome any feedback you may have. Warm regards, Maria.

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Save the Date! Open Measurement Gathering AMA - June 25
by Maria Xynou 11 Jun '25

11 Jun '25

Hi all, *OMG!* Your favourite open source measurement tools (Censored Planet, IODA, Measurement Lab, and OONI) are hosting a public livestream where we will share project updates, future plans, and gather questions and feedback from the Internet Freedom community. Each measurement group will speak for ~30 minutes followed by Q&A. *Who should attend*: advocacy organizations, digital rights researchers, anti-censorship tool developers, journalists, lawyers, activists, policy makers, funders, etc. Learn what the OMG Groups are working on and ask us your questions! Title: OMG AMA Date: June 25, 2025 Time: 14:00 - 18:00 UTC Agenda: Time UTC Time EDT Presenter 14:00 - 14:45 10:00 - 10:45 Censored Planet 15:00 - 15:45 11:00 - 11:45 M-Lab 16:00 - 16:45 12:00 - 12:45 OONI 17:00 -17:45 13:00 - 13:45 IODA We will send more details next week! Best, Maria.

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