Hello,
Today *OONI and Roskomsvoboda co-published a new research report* documenting *how Internet censorship changed in Russia over the last year* (since the start of the war in Ukraine) based on OONI data analysis.
Read our report in:
* English: https://ooni.org/post/2023-russia-a-year-after-the-conflict/
* Russian: https://ooni.org/ru/post/2023-russia-a-year-after-the-conflict/
You can also read Roskomsvoboda's publication about the report here: https://roskomsvoboda.org/post/rks-ooni-odin-god/
*# Key Findings*
Overall, OONI data analysis shows the *blocking of 494 domains* in Russia. Many more websites are also blocked, beyond those tested.
The blocked domains fall under 28 categories, suggesting *pervasive levels of internet censorship* in Russia.
*New blocks* that emerged in Russia over the last year include:
* Blocking of *Russian & international human rights websites* (e.g. Human Rights Watch & Amnesty International) * Blocking of *investigative journalism & news media sites* * Blocking of *Instagram, SoundCloud and Patreon *
Access to the *Tor Project's website was temporarily unblocked* in Russia between 15th to 28th July 2022.
Several discontinued sites have been unblocked over the last year (possibly as part of a "blocklist cleanup").
We *confirmed the blocking of 48 domains* (including a Let's Encrypt domain) based on OONI data, which do *not appear to be included in Russia's official blocking registry*.
OONI data also suggests that access to a *major CDN was blocked* in the past year.
You can continue to monitor internet censorship in Russia through real-time OONI data: https://explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat?probe_cc=RU&since=2023-01-25&unt...
We thank OONI Probe users in Russia for contributing measurements.
~ OONI team.