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New screencast for OONI's Test Lists Editor
by Maria Xynou 08 Dec '22

08 Dec '22

Hi friends, We're excited to share that we published a *new screencast for OONI's Test Lists Editor*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i2OVHUQEpE You know how OONI Probe tests websites? Well, those websites are included in public lists, called "test lists". Through our Test Lists Editor (https://test-lists.ooni.org/), you can review and contribute websites for censorship testing by OONI Probe users around the world. Learn how to use the platform through our new screencast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i2OVHUQEpE Thanks, OONI team.

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Highlights: 10 Years of OONI
by Maria Xynou 05 Dec '22

05 Dec '22

Hello everyone, Today is OONI's 10th Anniversary! In celebration, we published a: * *Blog post* -> Highlights: 10 Years of OONI, https://ooni.org/post/highlights-10-years-of-ooni/ * *Animation* -> 10 Years of OONI, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjpfF2kQ9jA Earlier today, we also presented *OONI's history and highlights* from the past 10 years during a live-stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4D4gq9TBMg Tomorrow, *6th December at 13:00 UTC*, please join us for a live-streamed event where *OONI community members* will present how they've used OONI tools and data as part of their work! This event will be live-streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co_f8KPBIZM You can view the speakers and presentation titles here: https://ooni.org/post/10th-ooniversary-events/#10th-ooniversary-ooni-commun… Thanks so much for supporting OONI and being part of our journey! Warmly, Maria.

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Join OONI's 10th Anniversary Events!
by Maria Xynou 04 Dec '22

04 Dec '22

Hi everyone, I'm excited to share that OONI is celebrating 10 years on 5th December! This date was chosen as "OONI's birthday" because it's when we published the first OONI measurement. <3 In celebration of OONI's 10th Anniversary, we'll be hosting 2 live-streamed events: 1) "10th Ooniversary: *OONI Highlights*" -> *5th December 2022 at 14:00 UTC* 2) "10th Ooniversary: *OONI Community*" -> *6th December 2022 at 13:00 UTC* Both events will be *live-streamed on the OONI YouTube channel*: https://www.youtube.com/c/OONIorg As part of the "OONI Highlights" event, we'll share OONI highlights from the past 10 years, as well as some of our future plans. As part of the "OONI Community" event, community members will share how they've used OONI tools and data as part of their work. You can view the speakers (and their presentations) here: https://ooni.org/post/10th-ooniversary-events/#10th-ooniversary-ooni-commun… Both events will include brief presentations, followed by discussion to address your questions (which you can share through the live chat, or through a shared pad). You can learn all about these events through our blog post: https://ooni.org/post/10th-ooniversary-events/ We hope to see you there! And we'd appreciate it if you could please help spread the word: https://twitter.com/OpenObservatory/status/1595785867267915777 Warm thanks to everyone who helped OONI reach 10 years! <3 Cheers, Maria.

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New Report on Iran's Internet Shutdowns
by Maria Xynou 29 Nov '22

29 Nov '22

Hi everyone, Today, in collaboration with *IODA, M-Lab, Cloudflare, Kentik, Censored Planet, ISOC, and Article19*, OONI published a new research report: "*Technical multi-stakeholder report on Internet shutdowns: The case of Iran amid autumn 2022 protests*". Read the report here: https://ooni.org/post/2022-iran-technical-multistakeholder-report/ This report *combines multiple measurement datasets* in an attempt to investigate the internet shutdown events in Iran over the past months. Specifically, we provide data and analysis on the following in Iran: * Mobile network outages * Regional outages * HTTP/3 and QUIC traffic drop * IPv6 disruption on Irancell * Increased blocking of encrypted DNS * Impact on internet speed tests * Blocking of WhatsApp, Instagram, Skype, Linkedin, and Viber * Blocking of Google Play Store and Apple App Store * Blocking of browser extension repositories ISOC also share their analysis on examining the economic impact of the shutdowns. You can learn more about the *summary of key findings* here: https://ooni.org/post/2022-iran-technical-multistakeholder-report/#summary-… Thanks for reading! All the best, Maria.

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OONI Community Meeting 29th November, 14:00 UTC
by Elizaveta Yachmeneva 28 Nov '22

28 Nov '22

Hi everyone! This is a reminder that the monthly OONI Community Meeting is taking place tomorrow. => 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, 29th November 2022 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> Thanks! Elizaveta

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OONI Community Meeting: 29th November 2022
by Elizaveta Yachmeneva 25 Nov '22

25 Nov '22

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, 29th November 2022 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 Probe user guides available in Russian and Farsi
by Elizaveta Yachmeneva 16 Nov '22

16 Nov '22

Hello everyone! Happy to share that OONI Probe user guides are available in two more languages! * in Russian: OONI Probe Mobile user guide: https://ooni.org/ru/support/ooni-probe-desktop <https://ooni.org/ru/support/ooni-probe-desktop> OONI Probe Desktop user guide: https://ooni.org/ru/support/ooni-probe-mobile <https://ooni.org/ru/support/ooni-probe-mobile> * in Farsi: OONI Probe Mobile user guide: https://ooni.org/fa/support/ooni-probe-mobile <https://ooni.org/fa/support/ooni-probe-mobile> OONI Probe Desktop user guide: https://ooni.org/fa/support/ooni-probe-desktop <https://ooni.org/fa/support/ooni-probe-desktop> Please share these guides with Russian and Farsi-speaking communities who might be interested in measuring internet censorship. And huge thanks to the Localisation Lab community for making this possible. If you wish to help us with translations into other languages, please join our projects on Transifex <https://www.transifex.com/otf/ooniprobe/>. Best wishes, Elizaveta

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Survey: Help shape OONI’s strategic priorities
by Maria Xynou 14 Nov '22

14 Nov '22

Hello friends, OONI will celebrate its 10th anniversary on 5th December 2022! As the OONI community has been at the heart of our work over the past decade, we invite you to help shape OONI’s strategic priorities for the future. Please take a few minutes to *complete our survey*: https://ooni.typeform.com/2022-survey We’d appreciate it if you could please submit your survey responses by *Sunday, 20th November 2022*. If you’d also like to participate in a recorded interview to share your OONI community experience, please fill out the survey (while sharing your email address through the last survey question) by Sunday, 6th November 2022. Thanks for your time, your feedback is very valuable to us. Thanks for helping to shape OONI’s goals for the future! Warmly, OONI team.

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OONI Community Meeting: Tomorrow, 25th October 2022
by Elizaveta Yachmeneva 24 Oct '22

24 Oct '22

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) => When? Tuesday, 25th October 2022 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 Monthly Report: September 2022
by Maria Xynou 19 Oct '22

19 Oct '22

Hello, OONI's September 2022 status report is shared below. *# OONI Monthly Report: September 2022* Throughout September 2022, the OONI team worked on the following sprints: * Sprint 73 (1st-11th September 2022) * Sprint 74 (12th-25th September 2022) * Sprint 75 (26th-30th September 2022) Our work can be tracked through the various OONI GitHub repositories: https://github.com/ooni Highlights are shared in this report below. *## Published report on new censorship events in Iran* On 25th September 2022, we published a new research 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/ In this report, we share OONI network measurement findings from Iran on the blocking of WhatsApp, Instagram, Linkedin, Skype, Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and encrypted DNS (DNS over HTTPS). We also share IODA and Cloudflare Radar data on mobile network outages. On 27th September 2022, we published an updated version of the report (“Network outages” section) including contributions from our partner, IODA: https://ooni.org/post/2022-iran-blocks-social-media-mahsa-amini-protests/#n… This report received press coverage from a data journalism piece by Tagesspiegel (which also makes use of raw OONI data): https://interaktiv.tagesspiegel.de/lab/internet-sperren-im-iran-blackouts-g… *## Published report on TikTok block in Azerbaijan and Armenia* On 16th September 2022, in collaboration with Azerbaijan Internet Watch, we published a new research report which shares OONI data on the blocking of TikTok in Armenia and Azerbaijan during the border clashes. Read our report here: https://ooni.org/post/2022-azerbaijan-and-armenia-blocks-tiktok/ 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. *## Report for Azerbaijan Internet Watch* In support of our partner, Azerbaijan Internet Watch ( https://ooni.org/partners/azerbaijan-internet-watch/), we analyzed OONI measurements collected from Azerbaijan between May 2022 to September 2022. Based on this analysis, we produced a report with the key findings, which Azerbaijan Internet Watch published on their website: https://www.az-netwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-09-OONI-Report-… *## OONI Probe Mobile* During September 2022, we made progress on implementing a functionality that enables OONI Probe Mobile users to view all logs ( https://github.com/ooni/probe-android/pull/516, https://github.com/ooni/probe-ios/pull/499). This change stems from user requests. While OONI Probe already implements some form of logging, the app is not able to collect logs generated during the engine bootstrap. Crucially, these logs are key to debug and understand cases in which OONI services are blocked. The new design, instead, allows us to observe the engine bootstrap logs. Additionally, we added support for sharing the logs with OONI developers in an easier way, using the operating systems’ share functionality. We also made progress in implementing new Experimental settings under the Test Options settings of the OONI Probe apps ( https://github.com/ooni/probe-android/pull/543, https://github.com/ooni/probe-ios/pull/501). This will enable OONI Probe users to enable or disable experimental tests ( https://github.com/ooni/probe/issues/2266). As these settings would apply to both manual and automated runs, we added relevant copy for clarification (https://github.com/ooni/probe/issues/2268). This work addresses community feedback that the OONI Probe Experimental card includes long-running tests which users may want to have disabled as part of automated testing. We are currently performing QA of these new mobile functionalities and we are confident we will be able to include them in the next OONI Probe mobile releases. As part of our work on using Flutter for a shared codebase between the OONI Probe mobile and desktop apps, we wrote an internal guide to document the migration steps for all OONI Probe apps from Native Platforms to Flutter Application using OONI Test Descriptors. Through this document, we aim to capture all components of the system that need to be changed in the process in order to attain complete migration of Android, iOS and Desktop applications to the respective Flutter versions. *## OONI Run* We added support to miniooni for running an OONI Run v2 descriptor saved on the local disk, as opposed to fetching it from a remote URL: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/966 *## OONI Probe Desktop* We released OONI Probe Desktop 3.8.0: https://github.com/ooni/probe-desktop/releases/tag/v3.8.0 This release uses the latest version of OONI Probe CLI and improvements to the Experimental card. *## OONI Probe localization* Thanks to the Localization Lab community, new OONI Probe strings were translated into the following languages: Farsi, Russian, Chinese, Turkish, Spanish, French, and Greek (https://explore.transifex.com/otf/ooniprobe/). *## Updated localization guidelines* We worked towards updating the OONI Probe localization guidelines, and writing new localization guidelines for OONI Explorer. This work is documented through the following pull request: https://github.com/ooni/translations/pull/26 The new localization guidelines are available through the following links: * OONI Probe localization guidelines: https://github.com/ooni/translations/blob/master/Guidelines%20for%20OONI%20… * OONI Explorer localization guidelines: https://github.com/ooni/translations/blob/master/Guidelines%20for%20OONI%20… *## Published updated versions of the OONI Probe user guides* In September 2022, we published updated versions (with extensive edits, and many new screenshots and steps) of the OONI Probe user guides: * User Guide for OONI Probe Mobile: https://ooni.org/support/ooni-probe-mobile * User Guide for OONI Probe Desktop: https://ooni.org/support/ooni-probe-desktop The specific updates can be viewed through this pull request: https://github.com/ooni/ooni.org/pull/1202 Now both the OONI Probe Mobile and Desktop user guides cover all the latest features up until version 3.7.0. We subsequently further edited the OONI Probe Mobile ( https://github.com/ooni/ooni.org/pull/1239) and Desktop ( https://github.com/ooni/ooni.org/pull/1240) user guides to clarify settings related to automated testing. *## Localizing the OONI Probe user guides* To enable community members around the world to use OONI Probe, we coordinated with the Localization Lab (https://www.localizationlab.org/) on creating new Transifex projects for the translation of the OONI Probe user guides. Community members can now localize the OONI Probe user guides via the following Transifex projects: * OONI Probe Mobile User Guide: https://www.transifex.com/otf/ooni-probe-mobile-user-guide/ * OONI Probe Desktop User Guide: https://www.transifex.com/otf/ooni-probe-desktop-user-guide/ *## Updated the OONI Data Policy* We made a minor update to OONI’s Data Policy ( https://github.com/ooni/ooni.org/pull/1221), reiterating our use of Sentry in the "Third party services" section. The updated version of OONI’s Data Policy is available here: https://ooni.org/about/data-policy *## Expanding censorship measurement methodologies### uTLS-light* We wrote a prototype fork (“uTLS-light”) of Golang’s crypto/tls library that is able to parrot the ClientHello of Chrome browser. This prototype is specifically designed to make merging from upstream as simple and as straightforward as possible. The main drawback of this prototype is that, compared to similar efforts such as uTLS, it is not configurable, as users of uTLS-light always use the Chrome browser’s configuration (which is what we need as OONI to perform measurements). Our work on developing uTLS-light is available here: https://github.com/hellais/utls-light *### Improving Web Connectivity experiment* We continued testing Web Connectivity v0.5 with support from users in our community. Based on testing and community feedback, we made a series of improvements: * https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/933 * https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/935 * https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/943 * https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/948 * https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/951 * https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/952 * https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/953 * https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/957 * https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/958 * https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/959 * https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/960 * https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/961 * https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/965 The main focus of these changes was to improve the data quality and correctly flag edge cases to minimize false positives and detect cases where websites are down. In the meanwhile, we spent time testing the test helper improvements to support Web Connectivity v0.5. We performed A/B testing for a few days and then decided to switch all users to the new test helper version. We also improved our measurement scrubbing procedure, by extending the scrubbing to all the fields of a measurement, as opposed to limiting it to the test keys (https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/956). All this work culminated in the release of OONI Probe CLI v3.16.3: https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/releases/tag/v3.16.3 *### Experiments developed by Google Summer of Code (GSoC) student* We merged the TLS middlebox experiment ( https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/817) and port filtering experiment ( https://github.com/ooni/probe-cli/pull/891) contributed by Mehul Gulati, as part of his Google Summer of Code (GSoC) with OONI. We wrapped up the GSoC with a comprehensive recap of the work that was done in the following ticket: https://github.com/ooni/probe/issues/2272 *## OONI Explorer* In September 2022, we completed most development work for the new domain-centric pages of OONI Explorer ( https://github.com/ooni/explorer/pull/762). We refactored the OONI Explorer Search tool to move measurement requests to the client side ( https://github.com/ooni/explorer/pull/799). We continued to make progress towards building the user feedback reporting system, and enabling localization on OONI Explorer. We also replaced Babel with SWC ( https://github.com/ooni/explorer/pull/804), fixed builds, and reviewed pull requests. *## OONI backend* In September 2022, we worked on the following main backend activities: * Improvements to API rate limiting (https://github.com/ooni/api/pull/307); * Added support for filtering by IP address in the aggregation API ( https://github.com/ooni/api/pull/308); * Added database query prioritization in the API ( https://github.com/ooni/api/pull/304) and fastpath ( https://github.com/ooni/pipeline/pull/397); * Improved upon the backend prototype for the user feedback reporting system (https://github.com/ooni/api/pull/302); * Added bot mitigations in the API using robots.txt; * Added API metrics and dashboards; * Investigated test failures; * Implemented an initial scoring table for OpenVPN and obfs4 ( https://github.com/ooni/pipeline/pull/399). *## Published user guide for Test Lists Editor* In September 2022, we published a user guide for our new Test Lists Editor ( https://test-lists.ooni.org/). Our user guide is available here: https://ooni.org/support/test-lists-editor This user guide provides step-by-step instructions (with screenshots) on how to use our new Test Lists Editor for contributing to the lists of websites tested by OONI Probe users around the world. *## Published test list guide for GitHub users* Previously, we used to include instructions for updating the Citizen Lab test lists (https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/tree/master/lists) via GitHub in our general test lists documentation. In September 2022, we created a separate guide for GitHub users with updated instructions. Our user guide for updating test lists via GitHub is available here: https://ooni.org/support/github-test-lists *## Published updated test list documentation* We updated our general test list documentation: https://ooni.org/get-involved/contribute-test-lists This documentation explains what test lists are, why and how to contribute to test lists (while linking to more detailed guides), and how to approach test list research. *## Test list updates* In September 2022, we contributed updates to the following test lists: * Global (https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/1107, https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/1128; https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/1114); * Azerbaijan (https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/1111). We reviewed test list updates provided by Netalitica researchers and, on their behalf, opened pull requests for the following test lists: * Hong Kong (https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/1115); * Poland (https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/1116). We opened a pull request with updates to the test list for Kyrgyzstan, provided by the School of Peacemaking ( https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/1124). We also reviewed and merged multiple pull requests ( https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed) submitted by community members (via both GitHub and our new Test Lists Editor). *## Creating a new OONI Outreach Kit* To better meet community needs (particularly around OONI community engagement), we worked towards creating multiple new materials and resources that will eventually get published as part of a new OONI Outreach Kit. These resources include OONI-related brochures, fact sheets, workshop slides, and screencasts. *## Launch of Advocacy Assembly OONI training course* On 30th September 2022, Small Media’s Advocacy Assembly launched an online OONI training course ( https://advocacyassembly.org/en/courses/63/#/chapter/1/lesson/1). We had previously collaborated with Advocacy Assembly on creating the content of the OONI training course, while they provided amazing support for everything related to editing, designing, and translating the course. Prior to the launch, Advocacy Assembly published a blog post which includes an interview with the OONI team about the course: https://advocacyassembly.org/en/news/228/ *## Improving OONI’s Code of Conduct* Based on feedback from community meetings and discussions, we re-wrote OONI’s Code of Conduct (in collaboration with OONI’s new Incident Response Committee). The updated version of OONI’s Code of Conduct is available here: https://deploy-preview-1245--ooni.netlify.app/get-involved/code-of-conduct/ We shared the updated version with community members during the September 2022 OONI Community Meeting, with the goal of soliciting further community review and feedback. Based on the latest community feedback, we plan to make further improvements to the Code of Conduct before it is published. *## Ford Foundation Retreat* Between 19th-22nd September 2022, OONI’s Maria attended the Ford Foundation Retreat in Atlanta, USA. As part of her participation at the retreat, Maria facilitated a session with the goal of collecting feedback on how internet measurement projects can better meet advocacy needs. *## Community activities### OONI hackathon at DEMHACK 2022* On 24th and 25th September 2022, OONI’s Elizaveta organized an OONI hackathon as part of Roskomsvoboda’s DEMHACK 2022 hackathon ( https://demhack.ru/) in Russia. Hackathon participants were invited to work on the following OONI hackathon challenges (https://demhack.ru/tasks): * Updating the lists of websites (“test lists”) measured for censorship; * Developing a tool for the automatic clean-up of test lists (e.g. removing expired domains); * Analyzing OONI data to investigate internet censorship. As part of the hackathon, OONI’s Maria provided a live demo on using OONI’s Measurement Aggregation Toolkit (https://explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat), encouraging participants to use the tool as a starting point for further analyzing OONI data. *### OONI workshops at FIFAfrica 2022* Between 26th-29th September 2022, OONI’s Arturo traveled to Lusaka, Zambia, to participate in the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) 2022 conference organized by CIPESA – one of Africa’s largest digital rights events (https://cipesa.org/fifafrica/). As part of his participation (https://cipesa.org/fifafrica/agenda/), Arturo: * Facilitated an OONI workshop (“Investigating Internet censorship in Africa through OONI tools and open data”); * Co-facilitated a workshop with Access Now (“Strengthening Advocacy to Fight Internet Shutdowns in Africa”). *### OONI Community Meeting* On 27th September 2022, we hosted the monthly OONI Community Meeting on our Slack channel (https://slack.ooni.org/), during which we discussed the following topics: 1) Improving OONI’s Code of Conduct: Request for community feedback (based on the updated version) 2) Reconsidering test list policies around expired or parked domains *## Userbase* In September 2022, 60,831,677 OONI Probe measurements were collected from 2,765 AS networks in 170 countries around the world. This information can also be found through our measurement stats on OONI Explorer (see chart on “monthly coverage worldwide”): https://explorer.ooni.org/ ~ OONI team.

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