OONI Explorer
OONI has been monitoring internet censorship around the world since 2012
What OONI does
OONI develops free software tests designed to examine the following:
- Blocking of websites
- Blocking of instant messaging apps
- Blocking of Tor and other circumvention tools
- Detection of systems that could be responsible for censorship and/or surveillance
There are risks. Running a probe involves testing connections to websites that may be banned and using tools to attempt circumventing web censorship. It is not designed to protect the privacy of those running probes. Measurements are published and can include IP addresses or other identifying information.
How OONI Works
OONI scans TCP, DNS, HTTP and TLS connections for tampering. Some tests work by requesting data over an unencrypted connection and comparing against a known good value. Others check for DNS spoofing, keyword filtering, transparent proxying and website block lists.
Research Reports
Togo: Instant messaging apps blocked amid 2020 presidential election
Iran’s nation-wide Internet blackout: Measurement data and technical observations
On the blocking of abortion rights websites: Women on Waves & Women on Web
Egypt blocks BBC and Alhurra: Expanding media censorship amid political unrest
Resurgence of Internet Censorship in Ethiopia: Blocking of WhatsApp, Facebook, and African Arguments
View allBlog Posts
Getting Involved
Join on the OONI public slack channel (some channels are also bridged with IRC #ooni, #ooni-dev, #ooni-entropy on OFTC) or on the ooni-talk mailing lists to discuss the project, what you've learned from measurements and ways you can help out.
Source code is available. Issues and future plans for OONI can be found on github.
Contact
To contact the OONI team send an email to contact@openobservatory.org Encrypted emails can be sent using the following PGP key:
Key ID: 6B2943F00CB177B7
Fingerprint: 4C15 DDA9 96C6 C0CF 48BD 3309 6B29 43F0 0CB1 77B7
