[tor-bugs] #22369 [Metrics/Censorship analysis]: Increase of users in Ukraine due to block of Russia-based services

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#22369: Increase of users in Ukraine due to block of Russia-based services
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 Reporter:  dcf                          |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  project                      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                       |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Censorship analysis  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                       |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  censorship block ua          |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                               |        Sponsor:
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Description changed by dcf:

Old description:

> There was a large and sudden increase in users from Ukraine, both relay
> and bridge, on 2017-05-16.
>
> It is probably related to a blockage by Ukraine of some Russia-based
> sites including VKontakte and Mail.ru:
>  * https://www.rt.com/business/388502-ukraine-bans-vk-yandex/
> ([https://web.archive.org/web/20170524224004/https://www.rt.com/business/388502
> -ukraine-bans-vk-yandex/ archive link])
>
> Other links:
>  * [https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/6c9ig1 reddit post]
>  * [https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2017-May/043205.html
> tor-talk thread]
>
> [[Image(userstats-relay-country-
> ua-2017-05-01-2017-05-24-off.png)]][https://metrics.torproject.org
> /userstats-relay-
> country.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-05-24&country=ua&events=off link]
>
> [[Image(userstats-bridge-country-ua-2017-05-01-2017-05-24.png)]]
> [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
> country.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-05-24&country=ua&events=off link]
>
> [[Image(userstats-bridge-combined-ua-2017-05-01-2017-05-24.png)]]
> [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
> combined.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-05-24&country=ua&events=off link]
>
> There was also a spike in Tor Browser downloads for the en-US and ru
> locales.
> [[Image(webstats-tb-locale-2017-05-01-2017-05-24.png)]]
> [https://metrics.torproject.org/webstats-tb-
> locale.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-05-24 link]

New description:

 There was a large and sudden increase in users from Ukraine, both relay
 and bridge, on 2017-05-16.

 It is probably related to a blockage by Ukraine of some Russia-based sites
 including VKontakte and Mail.ru:
  * https://www.rt.com/business/388502-ukraine-bans-vk-yandex/
 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20170524224004/https://www.rt.com/business/388502
 -ukraine-bans-vk-yandex/ archive link])

 Other links:
  * [https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/6c9ig1 reddit post]
  * [https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2017-May/043205.html
 tor-talk thread]

 [[Image(userstats-relay-country-
 ua-2017-05-01-2017-07-06-off.png)]][https://metrics.torproject.org
 /userstats-relay-
 country.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-07-06&country=ua&events=off link]

 [[Image(userstats-bridge-country-ua-2017-05-01-2017-07-06.png)]]
 [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
 country.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-07-06&country=ua&events=off link]

 [[Image(userstats-bridge-combined-ua-2017-05-01-2017-07-06.png)]]
 [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
 combined.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-07-06&country=ua&events=off link]

 There was also a spike in Tor Browser downloads for the en-US and ru
 locales.
 [[Image(webstats-tb-locale-2017-05-01-2017-07-06.png)]]
 [https://metrics.torproject.org/webstats-tb-
 locale.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-07-06 link]

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