[ooni-talk] Testing Telegram in Thailand and Cuba

[Maria Xynou]

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%22http%3A%2F%2F91.108.56.152%3A443%2F%22%2C%22http%3A%2F%2F91.108.56.152%3A80%2F%22%2C%22http%3A%2F%2F149.154.167.51%3A443%2F%22%2C%22http%3A%2F%2F149.154.167.51%3A80%2F%22%2C%22http%3A%2F%2F149.154.167.99%3A443%2F%22%2C%22http%3A%2F%2F149.154.167.99%3A80%2F%22%2C%22http%3A%2F%2F149.154.167.151%3A443%2F%22%2C%22http%3A%2F%2F149.154.167.151%3A80%2F%22%5D%7D&mv=1.2.0

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.

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Maria Xynou
Research & Partnerships Director
Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
https://ooni.org/
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