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OONI Partner Training 2021
by Maria Xynou 07 Jul '21

07 Jul '21

Hello, Over the last week, we had the pleasure to host *two 3-day OONI Partner Training events*. Learn all about these OONI training events here: https://ooni.org/post/ooni-partner-training-2021/ We were joined by incredible internet freedom defenders from across the globe. Warm thanks to all participants for your time, questions, and feedback! We greatly appreciate it. Warmly, OONI team.

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[New Report] Azerbaijan: Media censorship through the lens of network measurement
by Maria Xynou 02 Jul '21

02 Jul '21

Hello, Today, in collaboration with Azerbaijan Internet Watch, we co-published a new research report titled: "*Media censorship in Azerbaijan through the lens of network measurement*". Our report is available through the following sites: * OONI: https://ooni.org/post/2021-azerbaijan/ * Azerbaijan Internet Watch: https://www.az-netwatch.org/news/media-censorship-in-azerbaijan-through-the… *# Key Findings* As part of our analysis of OONI measurements collected from Azerbaijan between January 2020 to May 2021, we found: ** Blocking of independent news media and circumvention tool websites.* Throughout the testing period, several independent news media and circumvention tool sites presented HTTP failures caused by connection timeouts. This suggests the potential use of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) by ISPs in Azerbaijan. ** Attempts to block Tor and Psiphon. *ISPs in Azerbaijan attempted to block Tor and Psiphon amid the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. However, both attempts appear to have been quite ineffective, as these tools have built-in circumvention fallback options. Tor Metrics also show a spike in usage during this period. ** Temporary blocking of social media amid 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.* Between September 2020 to November 2020, several social media websites presented the same HTTP failures (as news media and circumvention tool sites), while the testing of WhatsApp and Telegram presented signs of TLS level interference. ** Variance of censorship across networks.* ISPs in Azerbaijan appear to be adopting similar censorship techniques. However, censorship varies from network to network, as different ISPs block different websites and apps at different moments in time. This study was carried out through the use of open methodologies, free and open source software, and open data, enabling independent third-party verification of our research findings. We encourage researchers to expand upon this study by running OONI Probe ( https://ooni.org/install/) and analyzing OONI measurements from Azerbaijan ( https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2021-06-03&probe_cc=AZ) We thank all OONI Probe users in Azerbaijan for contributing measurements, making this study possible. <3 Please help spread the word: https://twitter.com/OpenObservatory/status/1410923462512857100 & https://twitter.com/arzugeybulla/status/1410919889599094784 Thank you, OONI team.

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OONI Community Meeting: Tuesday, 22nd June 2021
by Maria Xynou 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

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/ (bridged with IRC: ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697/#ooni) *=> When?* Tuesday, *22nd June 2021 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 Probe Desktop 3.5.0 includes RTL support!
by Maria Xynou 04 Jun '21

04 Jun '21

Hello friends, We released *OONI Probe Desktop 3.5.0* with *RTL support*! Update here: https://ooni.org/install/desktop OONI Probe Desktop can now support a number of languages that use right-to-left scripts, including *Arabic* and *Farsi*! Warm thanks to the Localization Lab community for the translations! <3 If you'd live to review the translations (and help translate the missing strings), you can do so on transifex: https://www.transifex.com/otf/ooniprobe/ Cheers, Maria.

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Exciting new OONI Probe Android 3.0.0 release
by Maria Xynou 28 May '21

28 May '21

Hello friends, The OONI team is excited to share that we have released *OONI Probe Android 3.0.0*! Update now: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openobservatory.ooniprobe This exciting release includes several important new features: 1. *Automated regular testing* -> By enabling automated testing in the settings, OONI Probe Android will test websites automatically every hour! 2. *New Experimental card* -> You can now run our *new STUN reachability test*. 3. *Backend proxy support* -> You can enable Psiphon or use a custom proxy through the new OONI backend proxy settings. Further information is provided below. *# Automated testing* Instead of having to remember to manually run OONI Probe, you can now have OONI Probe test websites automatically every hour! All you have to do is *enable the "Run tests automatically" option* in the new "Automated testing" setting of the OONI Probe Android app. Through these settings, you can choose whether you'd prefer to have OONI Probe only run tests while you're connected to WiFi and your phone is charging (to avoid consuming your data and battery). By enabling "automated testing", the OONI Probe Android app will test websites ( https://ooni.org/support/faq/#which-websites-will-i-test-for-censorship-wit…) automatically (in the background) every hour, without requiring you to do anything. :) We started off with only automated website testing, but we plan to add support for automatically running other tests as well in future releases (similarly to automated testing on OONI Probe Desktop: https://ooni.org/support/ooni-probe-desktop#automated-ooni-probe-testing) To avoid over-cluttering the "Test Results" section of your app with too many test results (from automated runs), they are only made available on the OONI API (https://api.ooni.io/) and OONI Explorer ( https://explorer.ooni.org/) where they are openly published in near real-time. We *strongly recommend enabling automated testing*, as this will help ensure regular testing (which is crucial for detecting censorship events). In doing so, you will contribute open data and help the internet freedom community monitor and respond to censorship events around the world. *# New Experimental card* As censorship becomes more sophisticated, we need to ship new censorship detection tests faster. To this end, we added a *new Experimental card* in the OONI Probe Android app, where we plan to release our latest experiments. This card is meant to provide us agility in adding and removing new experiments on an ongoing basis (particularly in response to emergent censorship events). With OONI Probe Android 3.0.0, you can run our *new STUN reachability test* : https://github.com/ooni/spec/blob/master/nettests/ts-025-stun-reachability.… Many more new tests are upcoming! *# Backend proxy support* Are you unable to use OONI Probe (for example, in Iran)? OONI Probe Android 3.0.0 includes *new backend proxy settings* where you can: * Enable Psiphon * Use a custom proxy This will help with circumventing any accidental or deliberate OONI Probe blocking. We published a blog post where we describe what we did to make OONI Probe Android more resilient: https://ooni.org/post/making-ooni-probe-android-more-resilient/ *# Overall* We consider OONI Probe Android 3.0.0 an important release because: * You can contribute regular measurements automatically, helping the internet freedom community research and fight internet censorship worldwide; * You can run more advanced tests through the new Experimental card, which is an important milestone for future rapid response efforts; * Community members in countries like Iran can continue to use OONI Probe Android and contribute measurements (with the new backend proxy settings). Please help spread the word: https://twitter.com/OpenObservatory/status/1397901993600065540 Thank you, OONI team.

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OONI Community Meeting: Tuesday, 25th May 2021
by Maria Xynou 24 May '21

24 May '21

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/ (bridged with IRC: ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697/#ooni) *=> When?* Tuesday, *25th May 2021 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, 27th April 2021
by Maria Xynou 26 Apr '21

26 Apr '21

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/ (bridged with IRC: ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697/#ooni) => When? Tuesday, *27th April 2021 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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Help test beta for automated testing on OONI Probe Android
by Maria Xynou 22 Apr '21

22 Apr '21

Hi friends, We are excited to share that we have a *beta version for automated testing on OONI Probe Android*! This means that you can have *OONI Probe run all tests automatically multiple times per day* (without having to remember to run OONI Probe or do anything). If you're on Android, please help test the beta version: 1. Join the beta program: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.openobservatory.ooniprobe 2. Update (through the Play Store) to *OONI Probe 3.0.0-beta.1* (Android) 3. Through the OONI Probe 3.0.0-beta.1 app, please tap *Settings* -> *Automated testing* and *enable* the "*Run tests automatically*" setting. We recommend having automated tests run when you're connected to WiFi and while your phone is charging (though you can configure this in the "Automated testing" settings). Now OONI Probe will run all tests automatically every hour (if you're connected to WiFi and your phone is charging -- depending on your settings). To avoid cluttering the UI of your Test Results screen, the test results from automated testing will only be available on OONI Explorer (published automatically in real-time): https://explorer.ooni.org/ We would greatly appreciate any feedback you may have for improvements! This will help us check if everything works well before we release automated OONI Probe testing officially. You can *share your feedback with my colleague Lorenzo* ( lorenzo(a)openobservatory.org) or by opening tickets at the following repository: https://github.com/ooni/probe/issues Happy to address any questions you may have. Thanks for your time and support! Best, Maria.

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Testing RTL support on OONI Probe Desktop
by Maria Xynou 14 Apr '21

14 Apr '21

Hello friends, *Do you speak Arabic or Farsi?* If so, we'd appreciate your help! We're adding *RTL support to the OONI Probe Desktop app*, which would enable us to include app translations in Arabic and Farsi (among other languages that use right to left scripts). Here's a preview release of OONI Probe Desktop with support for RTL languages (where you can see what the app would look like): https://github.com/ooni/probe-desktop/releases/tag/v3.5.0-rtl.1 You can try it out on: * *Windows:* https://github.com/ooni/probe-desktop/releases/download/v3.5.0-rtl.1/OONI-P… * *macOS:* https://github.com/ooni/probe-desktop/releases/download/v3.5.0-rtl.1/OONI-P… * *Linux:* https://github.com/ooni/probe-desktop/releases/download/v3.5.0-rtl.1/OONI-P… Once you've checked out what OONI Probe Desktop would look like with RTL support, can you please let us know if you have any feedback for improvements? You can *share your feedback* either by writing to my colleague Sarath (cc'd to this email), or by opening tickets on this repository: https://github.com/ooni/probe/issues Thanks so much for your time and support! Cheers, Maria.

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NEW Signal app test released in OONI Probe apps
by Maria Xynou 13 Apr '21

13 Apr '21

Hello, We're super excited to share that the latest OONI Probe version features a brand new test for the Signal Private Messenger app! You can now test the Signal app on your network and check if it's blocked! Learn all about our new Signal test here: https://ooni.org/nettest/signal To run the new Signal test, update to: * OONI Probe Mobile 2.11.0: https://ooni.org/install/mobile * OONI Probe Desktop 3.4.0: https://ooni.org/install/desktop All Signal test results from around the world are openly published in near real-time: https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2021-03-15&test_name=signal Please help spread the word: https://twitter.com/OpenObservatory/status/1381929553795354630 Thanks, Maria (on behalf of the OONI team). -- Maria Xynou Research & Partnerships Director Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) https://ooni.org/ PGP Key Fingerprint: 2DC8 AFB6 CA11 B552 1081 FBDE 2131 B3BE 70CA 417E

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