Hi friends,
Hope you're all doing well.
Telegram appears to be blocked in Cuba, and Thailand may start blocking Telegram soon as well.
If you're based in either of these countries (or know others that are) and are interested in testing Telegram in order to contribute open measurement data on its potential blocking, please read below.
# Cuba
Starting from 15th October 2020, OONI measurements suggest blocking of Telegram in Cuba.
However, we are now seeing that OONI Probe Mobile tests no longer work in Cuba, and we're investigating this issue.
Meanwhile, it seems that OONI Probe Desktop works in Cuba, through which locals can potentially run the Telegram test: https://ooni.org/install/desktop
OONI measurements collected from Cuba are automatically published here: https://explorer.ooni.org/search?until=2020-10-20&probe_cc=CU
# Thailand
We're being told that 4 Telegram IPs have recently been added to the Thai blocklist, which is why we're expecting that Telegram will likely get blocked soon in Thailand.
However, only 1 of those 4 IPs is being tested via the OONI Probe Telegram test.
We therefore encourage you to test those 4 Telegram IPs through the following steps:
1. Install the OONI Probe mobile app: https://ooni.org/install/mobile
2. Open the following link with your OONI Probe mobile app (not with a web browser):
https://run.ooni.io/nettest?tn=web_connectivity&ta=%7B%22urls%22%3A%5B%2...
3. Tap "Run" to test those Telegram IPs
In addition, please also run the OONI Probe Telegram test (available through the "Instant Messaging" card in the OONI Probe app), because it tests additional Telegram IPs (which might also get blocked), in addition to Telegram Web (web.telegram.org).
OONI measurements collected from Thailand are automatically published here: https://explorer.ooni.org/search?until=2020-10-20&probe_cc=TH
In all cases, please have your VPN turned off whenever you run OONI Probe (for accurate testing).
Happy to address any questions you may have.
Thanks,
Maria.