Hello,
The OONI team started the year by launching OONI Probe mobile 2.0 (revamped mobile app) for Android, iOS and F-Droid. We also established three new partnerships, published three research reports, and updated four test lists. We also published a job opening to hire a backend engineer.
## Stable release of OONI Probe mobile 2.0
We launched OONI Probe mobile 2.0!
This is a major milestone in the OONI-verse, enabling community members to test the URLs of their choice (directly inside the app), have an overview of test results (thus the ability to compare measurements), a better user experience, and more.
Information about the revamped app is available via our announcement blog post: https://ooni.torproject.org/post/revamped-ooni-probe-mobile-app/
You can also learn about OONI Probe mobile 2.0 via Sinar Project's great review: https://sinarproject.org/digital-rights/updates/ooni-2-0-review
After the initial launch of OONI Probe mobile 2.0 on Android and iOS, we also released OONI Probe on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.openobservatory.ooniprobe/
Thanks to support from the Localization Lab and the translator community, OONI Probe mobile 2.0 was translated to the following 13 languages: Albanian, Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish.
## Established new partnerships
We are excited to have established new partnerships with: * ASUTIC: Senegalese Association of ICT Users (Senegal)
* Fundación Internet Bolivia.org (Bolivia)
* Open Culture Foundation (Taiwan)
ASUTIC released the following press statement (encouraging the use of OONI Probe leading up to Senegal's 2019 elections): http://jotali.com/asutic/fr/monitoring-citoyen-dinternet-et-des-r%C3%A9seaux...
## Year in Review: OONI in 2018
To share an overview of what the OONI team worked on in 2018, we published a blog post titled "Year in Review: OONI in 2018", available here: https://ooni.torproject.org/post/ooni-in-2018/
This blog post also highlights some of the projects we expect to launch in 2019.
## Report on internet disruption in Gabon
In collaboration with CAIDA's Philipp Winter, we published a report on the internet disruption that occurred in Gabon amid a coup attempt: https://ooni.torproject.org/post/gabon-internet-disruption/
In this report, we share IODA data and Google traffic data that corroborate local reports on the internet disruption.
## Report on internet censorship in Zimbabwe
In collaboration with the Digital Society of Zimbabwe, we co-published a research report examining social media blocking and internet blackouts in Zimbabwe amid the fuel protests.
Our joint report is available via the following links: * OONI site: https://ooni.torproject.org/post/zimbabwe-protests-social-media-blocking-201...
* Digital Society of Zimbabwe site: http://www.dszim.org/2019/01/23/zimbabwe-protests-social-media-blocking-and-...
## Report on internet censorship in Venezuela
In collaboration with Venezuela Inteligente and IPYS Venezuela, we co-published a research report examining the blocking of Wikipedia and social media in Venezuela amid the country's political crisis.
Our joint report is available via the following links:
* OONI site: https://ooni.torproject.org/post/venezuela-blocking-wikipedia-and-social-med...
* Venezuela Inteligente site: https://vesinfiltro.com/noticias/report-jan-2019/
* IPYS Venezuela site: https://ipysvenezuela.org/2019/01/29/from-the-blocking-of-wikipedia-to-socia...
This research was possible thanks to OONI Probe measurement campaigns coordinated by Venezuela Inteligente and IPYS Venezuela.
## Updated test lists
We carried out research to create and/or update the following test lists:
* Senegal: https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/424
* Bolivia: https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/426
* Mexico: https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/428
* Paraguay: https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/427
## Job opening
We're looking for a Backend Engineer to join OONI to work on: * our data processing pipeline (& other backend components)
* the improvement of our data analysis heuristics
* the improvement of our network measurement methodologies
Information about the job opening is available here: https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs-backenddeveloper.html.en
## Userbase
In January 2019, OONI Probe was run 24,5660 times from 4,121 different vantage points in 211 countries around the world.
~ The OONI team.