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OONI Community Meeting: Tuesday, 26th May 2026
by Maria Xynou 25 May '26

25 May '26

Hello friends, The OONI team warmly welcomes you to join us next Tuesday for our monthly community meeting. *=> Where?* OONI Slack: https://slack.ooni.org/ (public #ooni channel) *=> When?* Tuesday, *26th May 2026 at 14:00 UTC* (for 1 hour) Please *add topics* that you'd like to discuss during the meeting in this pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/ooni-community-meeting-keep The monthly OONI community meetings aim to: * Collect community feedback on OONI tools & methodologies * Address questions in relation to the use of OONI tools and OONI data * Foster discussions on internet censorship issues * Receive updates from the community We hope you can join us! All the best, ~ OONI team

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[Blog post] Measuring Internet Censorship: Challenges, Trends, and Impact
by Maria Xynou 06 May '26

06 May '26

Hi friends, We had the opportunity to write a blog post for the ISOC blog, which was published yesterday: https://pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026/05/measuring-internet-censor… Our blog post discusses: * Challenges in measuring internet censorship * Global emerging trends in internet censorship * How internet measurement powers advocacy for human rights This blog post was also cross-posted on the OONI blog: https://ooni.org/post/2026-measuring-internet-censorship-trends-challenges-… Thanks for reading, Maria.

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Year in Review: OONI in 2025
by Maria Xynou 28 Apr '26

28 Apr '26

Hello friends, We've published "*Year in Review: OONI in 2025*": https://ooni.org/post/2025-year-in-review/ In our annual report, we share: * New OONI tools, research & community highlights * Real-world impact: how OONI tools & data supported internet freedom efforts worldwide over the past year If you would like to support our work, please consider donating: https://ooni.org/donate Warm thanks to everyone who supported OONI in 2025! We are grateful for your continued support in 2026. <3 Warmly, OONI team.

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OONI Community Meeting: Tuesday, 28th April 2026
by Maria Xynou 27 Apr '26

27 Apr '26

Hello friends, The OONI team warmly welcomes you to join us next Tuesday for our monthly community meeting. *=> Where?* OONI Slack: https://slack.ooni.org/ (public #ooni channel) *=> When?* Tuesday, *28th April 2026 at 14:00 UTC* (for 1 hour) Please *add topics* that you'd like to discuss during the meeting in this pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/ooni-community-meeting-keep The monthly OONI community meetings aim to: * Collect community feedback on OONI tools & methodologies * Address questions in relation to the use of OONI tools and OONI data * Foster discussions on internet censorship issues * Receive updates from the community We hope you can join us! All the best, ~ OONI team

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OONI Community Meeting: Tuesday, 31st March 2026
by Maria Xynou 30 Mar '26

30 Mar '26

Hello friends, The OONI team warmly welcomes you to join us next Tuesday for our monthly community meeting. *=> Where?* OONI Slack: https://slack.ooni.org/ (public #ooni channel) *=> When?* Tuesday, *31st March 2026 at 14:00 UTC* (for 1 hour) Please *add topics* that you'd like to discuss during the meeting in this pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/ooni-community-meeting-keep The monthly OONI community meetings aim to: * Collect community feedback on OONI tools & methodologies * Address questions in relation to the use of OONI tools and OONI data * Foster discussions on internet censorship issues * Receive updates from the community We hope you can join us! All the best, ~ OONI team

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Report on blocking of social media in Gabon
by Maria Xynou 19 Feb '26

19 Feb '26

Hi friends, Yesterday, Gabon started blocking access to social media platforms. We just published a short report, documenting the *blocking of WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube in Gabon* based on OONI data: https://explorer.ooni.org/findings/340845567300 OONI data suggests that the blocks are implemented by means of DNS interference, as DNS queries return NXDOMAIN errors. We thank community members in Gabon for contributing measurements! ~ OONI team.

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Thank you for donating to OONI <3
by Maria Xynou 11 Feb '26

11 Feb '26

Hi friends, I am excited to share that as part of OONI's 2025 end-of-year fundraising campaign (https://ooni.org/post/2025-fundraising-campaign/) we raised €45,108. Huge thanks to everyone who donated to OONI! We are deeply grateful for each and every contribution. <3 Your support means a great deal to us, and helps us continue providing free software tools and open data in defense of a free and open internet. Thanks a million for your trust and support! Warmly, OONI team.

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OONI Training Course Videos on YouTube
by Maria Xynou 09 Feb '26

09 Feb '26

Hi friends, In October 2022, an online OONI Training Course was launched on Small Media's Advocacy Assembly platform ( https://ooni.org/post/2022-ooni-training-course-advocacy-assembly/) The *videos of this OONI Training Course* are now available on the OONI YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mWSqEPsbto&list=PL1sH9kYR-16lsaqiLckQsggTe… The course has 21 videos, including: * Videos explaining what is internet censorship and why it matters * OONI Probe screencasts * OONI Explorer screencasts * Video in Swahili by Zaina Foundation discussing how communities in Tanzania use OONI tools to measure internet censorship * Video by Access Now discussing how the global #KeepItOn advocacy campaign uses OONI data As the training course was created in 2022, some of the screencasts might be a bit outdated. We nonetheless hope that they’re still helpful resources for you and your communities. All the best, OONI team.

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New OONI Anonymous Credential System
by Maria Xynou 03 Feb '26

03 Feb '26

Hi friends, The OONI team is excited to announce *OONI's New Anonymous Credential System* to strengthen trust in OONI data. Details of the system are shared in our blog post: https://ooni.org/post/2025-announcing-ooni-new-anonymous-credential-system/ We welcome feedback, especially from cryptographers and implementers. Thanks, OONI team.

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OONI Report on Social Media Blocks in Uganda
by Maria Xynou 23 Jan '26

23 Jan '26

Hi friends, Hope you're doing well. Today OONI published a short report, documenting the *5-day internet shutdown during Uganda's 2026 general elections*, and the subsequent *blocking of major social media and messaging apps*. Read the report here: https://explorer.ooni.org/findings/352623460000 Last week, Uganda experienced an internet shutdown during its 2026 general elections. After 5 days, internet access was restored, but major social media and messaging platforms remained blocked. In this report, we share third-party data (IODA, Cloudflare Radar, and Google traffic data) to document the internet connectivity shutdown. We also share OONI data on the subsequent blocking of WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter/X in Uganda over the past week. The internet disruptions during Uganda’s (latest) 2026 general elections seem quite similar to those during the (last) 2021 elections, which we reported on 5 years ago ( https://ooni.org/post/2021-uganda-general-election-blocks-and-outage/) In both cases, internet access was shut down completely for about five days – including election day – and the shutdown coincidentally spanned 13th to 18th January in both years (2021 and 2026). Access to major social media and instant messaging platforms was blocked in the 2021 election run-up, while access to such platforms was blocked after the 2026 election. Overall, the shift toward imposing complete internet shutdowns during elections, combined with selective blocking of major social media platforms before and after elections, suggests an effort to maximize the political impact of targeted disruptions while minimizing the economic, political, and social costs associated with prolonged connectivity shutdowns. This is a pattern observed in many other countries as well. We thank OONI Probe users in Uganda for contributing measurements. ~ OONI team.

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