Hello friends,

Happy new year! Wish you all the very best for 2018 (and all the other years to come).

As the end of 2017 approached, we published a blog post summarizing some OONI highlights from 2017: https://ooni.torproject.org/post/ooni-in-2017/

Many of these things wouldn't have been possible without the measurements you collect, the test lists you review, the research reports you contribute to, the feedback you provide, and your tireless community engagement efforts. So on behalf of the OONI team, I would like to warmly THANK YOU all for everything!

We have exciting things coming up for 2018 and we hope to collaborate with you on them. These are listed in the aforementioned blog post, and include:

1. *New OONI Probe desktop apps for Windows and macOS:* Our aim is to build desktop apps https://ooni.torproject.org/post/writing-a-modern-cross-platform-desktop-app/ that are as easy to install and use as popular software, enabling more communities to engage with censorship measurement research.

2. *Censorship Alert System:* We aim aim to disseminate timely alerts of emergent censorship events around the world through the analysis of OONI data.

3. *Internet Blackout Monitoring methodology:* We’ll be creating a methodology https://ooni.torproject.org/post/examining-internet-blackouts/ for automatically detecting and examining internet blackouts (i.e. when the internet as a whole is rendered inaccessible), supporting #KeepItOn https://www.accessnow.org/keepiton/ and other advocacy efforts.

4. *OONI Probe Orchestration System (OPOS):* Dynamically instrumenting https://github.com/TheTorProject/ooni-spec/blob/master/opos/OONI-Probe-Orchestration-System-Design.md the collection of OONI Probe measurements from around the world, particularly in response to emergent censorship events.

5. *Revamped OONI Explorer:* We’ll be revamping OONI Explorer https://explorer.ooni.torproject.org/world/ to improve upon its design and usability, enable the export of CSV files, and to present the top censorship findings per country based on OONI data (which will automatically be updated on an ongoing basis).

6. *Revamped mobile apps:* We’ll be revamping the OONI Probe mobile apps https://ooni.torproject.org/install/ to improve upon their design and usability, and to include more tests.

7. *Revamped OONI website:* We’ll also be revamping the OONI website https://ooni.torproject.org/ to improve upon its design and usability and to include more content pages.

8. *Research reports:* We’re eager to work with you to publish more research reports on internet censorship.

We'll be reaching out to you for specific feedback and involvement, but for now, I just wanted to share a brief overview.

Feedback is always appreciated, and happy to address any questions you may have.

Looking forward to an exciting year!

Cheers,

Maria.