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OONI Community Meeting: 27th June 2023
by Elizaveta Yachmeneva 22 Jun '23

22 Jun '23

Hello, The OONI team warmly welcomes you to join us next Tuesday for our monthly community meeting. => Where? OONI Slack channel: https://slack.ooni.org/ <https://slack.ooni.org/> (bridged with IRC: ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697/#ooni <ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697/#ooni>) => When? Tuesday, 27th June 2023 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 <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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New OONI Explorer features for investigating internet censorship through open data
by Maria Xynou 30 May '23

30 May '23

Hello friends, We're excited to share that OONI Explorer (open dataset on internet censorship) includes the following new features: * *Domain-centric* pages: https://explorer.ooni.org/domains * *Network-centric* pages: https://explorer.ooni.org/networks * *Charts on internet outages* (integrating IODA, Google traffic, and Cloudflare Radar data), available in each country-specific ( https://explorer.ooni.org/countries) and network-specific ( https://explorer.ooni.org/networks) page * *Mechanism for verifying OONI measurements* (available in each OONI measurement page) You can learn all about the above features through our blog post: https://ooni.org/post/2023-new-explorer-features/ We hope these new features help with monitoring and responding to censorship events worldwide. We thank each and every OONI Probe user who has contributed measurements from 2012 to date! Thanks to our global community, new measurements from around the world are published as open data on OONI Explorer in real-time: https://explorer.ooni.org/ We're happy to address any questions you may have, and we welcome your feedback. Thanks, OONI team.

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OONI Community Meeting + OONI Probe Android release
by Elizaveta Yachmeneva 29 May '23

29 May '23

Hello everyone! This is a reminder that the monthly OONI Community Meeting is taking place tomorrow. => Where? https://slack.ooni.org/ <https://slack.ooni.org/> (OONI Slack channel, bridged with IRC: ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697/#ooni <ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697/#ooni>) => When? Tuesday, 30th May 2023 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 <https://pad.riseup.net/p/ooni-community-meeting-keep> On a separate note, we would like to share that we released OONI Probe Mobile 3.8.2 on Android! This release fixes the Signal false-positive measurements <https://github.com/ooni/probe/issues/2477> which many of our community members and partners noticed in the past weeks. If you are an Android user, please update your OONI Probe app as soon as possible to update the Signal test in your app. Please update to the latest version on: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openobservatory.ooniprobe <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openobservatory.ooniprobe> Thanks, Elizaveta.

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OONI Community Meeting: 30th May 2023
by Elizaveta Yachmeneva 25 May '23

25 May '23

Hello, The OONI team warmly welcomes you to join us next Tuesday for our monthly community meeting. => Where? OONI Slack channel: https://slack.ooni.org/ <https://slack.ooni.org/> (bridged with IRC: ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697/#ooni <ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697/#ooni>) => When? Tuesday, 30th May 2023 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 <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 sessions at RightsCon, Costa Rica, 5-8th June
by Elizaveta Yachmeneva 24 May '23

24 May '23

Hi everyone! We are happy to share that part of our team, Maria, Arturo and Elizaveta, will be attending RightsCon <https://www.rightscon.org/> in Costa Rica! We compiled a list of sessions related to OONI, where we and our partners will be discussing OONI tools and sharing our latest projects and findings. Some of the sessions are online and hybrid, so please feel encouraged to join us at any of these events even if you do not plan to come to the RightsCon in person. If you plan to host other sessions or events during RightsCon and want to invite OONI Community, please feel free to share the info about the sessions (or events) in #ooni channel on Slack <https://slack.ooni.org/>. Please find here the sessions our team will be attending as speakers, all time is UTC +4 zone: KeepItOn in 2022: successes, opportunities, struggles, and lessons learned in the fight against election-related shutdowns Host: Access Now | Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Time and location: June 6, 2023, 7 - 8pm +04, Room: Central 2 Tools to tackle internet shutdowns and censorship: What’s going on online? Building an internet shutdown early warning system Host: Measurement Lab | Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) | Georgia Institute of Technology, Internet Outage Detection and Analysis (IODA) Time and location: June 6, 2023, 8:15 - 9:15pm +04, Room: Colibri Data and action: using data analysis for incident response and threat prevention Host institution: Center for Digital Resilience Time and location: June 7, 2023, 8:15 - 9:15pm +04, Room: Tortuga Learn to investigate internet shutdowns through an Iran 2022 case study Host: Access Now | Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) | Georgia Institute of Technology, Internet Outage Detection and Analysis (IODA) Time and location: June 7, 2023, 10:45 - 11:45pm +04, Room: Tucan Internet blocking and the consequences for human rights? Host institution: Cloudflare Time and location: June 8, 2023, 10:45 - 11:45pm +04, online These are some other sessions featuring OONI, all time is UTC +4 zone: Election monitoring and internet shutdowns: reaching new communities for network measurement and activism before elections Host institution: National Democratic Institute (NDI) Time and location: June 7, 2023, 8:15 - 9:15pm +04, online Censorship circumvention: how to dodge Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) – Just plug in: an appliance approach to measure internet censorship Host institution: Venezuela Inteligente Time and location: June 8, 2023, 5:45 - 6:45pm +04, online Shutting down the shutdown: mainstreaming proactive civil society responses to internet disruptions Host institution: International Republican Institute (IRI) | Google (Jigsaw) Time and location: June 9, 2023, 12 - 1am +04, Room: Central 3 Warmly, OONI Team

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Job Opening: OONI Project Manager
by Maria Xynou 03 May '23

03 May '23

Hello, I'm excited to share that we're hiring! The OONI team (a non-profit fighting internet censorship) is looking for a dedicated *project manager* to help us manage our software development work. *Information about the job description, qualification requirements, and how to apply* is available here: https://ooni.org/post/2023-job-opening-ooni-project-manager/ Born in 2012, OONI builds free software (OONI Probe) that enables anyone to detect and collect evidence of internet censorship. With more than 100k 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 help manage our software development work, supporting a global community measuring internet censorship. 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! Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Please spread the word ( https://twitter.com/OpenObservatory/status/1653444903462895631) and help us find someone who can best serve the internet freedom community! Thank you, OONI team.

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by 0 0 03 May '23

03 May '23

Web tunneling connect, anysocial media servers

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New OONI report on the blocking of Telegram in Brazil
by Maria Xynou 29 Apr '23

29 Apr '23

Hello, Last night the OONI team published a new report, documenting the *ongoing blocking of Telegram in Brazil*. You can read the report here: https://ooni.org/post/2023-brazil-telegram/ OONI data shows that some ISPs in Brazil immediately complied with the federal judge’s decision to suspend Telegram, as the blocking of Telegram started on 26th April 2023 (same day as the judge's decision). However, the block was not implemented by all ISPs in Brazil, nor was it implemented in the same way. Some ISPs blocked access to all tested Telegram endpoints, while others only blocked some of them. This suggests lack of coordination between providers, and that each ISP implemented the block autonomously. Learn more details through our report. You can continue to monitor the blocking of Telegram in Brazil through OONI data, which is automatically published in real-time: https://explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat?probe_cc=BR&since=2023-03-29&until=2023… We thank OONI Probe users in Brazil who contributed measurements, supporting this study. <3 ~ OONI team.

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New OONI report on throttling of news media in Kazakhstan
by Maria Xynou 28 Apr '23

28 Apr '23

Hello, Today the OONI team published a new research report documenting the t*hrottling of news media websites in Kazakhstan*. You can read the report here: https://ooni.org/post/2023-throttling-kz-elections/ In our latest report, we analyse the ongoing throttling of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Kazakhstan’s service websites in Kazakh and Russian (www.azattyq.org and rus.azattyq.org) which started on 27th September 2022. We also document the temporary throttling of Current Time TV during Kazakhstan's 2022 presidential election. OONI data shows the ongoing throttling of RFE/RL Kazakhstan’s service websites on most tested Kazakh providers, while Current Time TV was mainly throttled on AS9198 (JSC Kazakhtelecom). This report documents how OONI data can be used to investigate and document cases of throttling. We thank OONI Probe users in Kazakhstan for contributing measurements, making this study possible. <3 ~ OONI team.

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Internet Without Borders conference in Berlin
by Maria Xynou 25 Apr '23

25 Apr '23

Hi friends, eQualit.ie would like to invite you to "Internet Without Borders", a hybrid conference and hackathon that will take place in Berlin on April 28-30th: https://internetborders.net/ It's an in-person event at Forum Factory, Besselstraße 13-14, 10969 Berlin. Internet Without Borders is a transdisciplinary laboratory, uniting a critical mass of developers, journalists, circumvention tech experts, OSINT researchers, activists and designers. The main mission of this event is to fight internet censorship and other forms of digital and infrastructural oppression spread by the Russian government. OONI is presenting an important challenge at the hackathon, with a $600 USD prize to win! The task is to develop a VPN measurement research methodology for Russia and temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Our fellow Ain Ghazal will be curating this challenge on site, and you will have an opportunity to hack around with some of the OONI solutions and meet other interesting tech organizations, such as Mozilla, Lantern, Censorship.no, Amnezia VPN, LEAP and many other open source projects focused on Internet Freedom. Drinks, lunch and coffee breaks are provided to all conference guests. See more information about the hackathon here: https://internetborders.net/digital-resistance-lab-challenges/ The event is off-the-record, no photo and video is allowed. The event respects Chatham House rules and tries to guarantee security and privacy to participants. All applications are undergoing verification. Participation at Internet Without Borders is free of charge! However, registration is mandatory. To register, please fill in this form: https://internetborders.net/registration-berlin/ Thanks, Maria.

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