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Vinicius Fortuna (@ViniFortuna@mastodon.social)

@vinifortuna

Feb 4

You can see the degradation (timeouts) and then blocking (connection reset) of

by the #Pakistan gov in the

data #KeepItOn

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Wikimedia Foundation

@Wikimedia

Feb 4

On 1 February, we received a notification from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority stating “the services of Wikipedia have been degraded for 48 hours” for failure to remove content deemed “unlawful.” As of 3 February, our data shows this has extended into a full block. (2/4)

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We hope that the Pakistan government joins us in a commitment to knowledge as a human right and restores access to

Wikimedia Foundation urges Pakistan Telecommunications Authority to restore access to Wikipedia in...

and Wikimedia projects promptly, so that the people of Pakistan can continue to receive and share knowledge with the world. (4/4)

wikimediafoundation.org

On Friday, February 3, 2023, Pakistan’s Telecommunications Authority blocked Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia Foundation calls on Pakistan to restore access to Wikipedia and Wikimedi…

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We believe that access to knowledge is a human right. A block of

in Pakistan denies the 5th most populous nation in the world access to the largest free knowledge repository. If it continues, it will also deprive everyone access to Pakistan's history and culture. (3/4)

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On 1 February, we received a notification from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority stating “the services of Wikipedia have been degraded for 48 hours” for failure to remove content deemed “unlawful.” As of 3 February, our data shows this has extended into a full block. (2/4)

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Vinicius Fortuna (@ViniFortuna@mastodon.social)

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dw.com is being consistently blocked with resets since early-to-mid January.

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The blocking aligns with the notice date. Interestingly, Pakistan Telecommunication Company started with timeouts, and switched to TCP resets on the TLS connections.

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#Pakistan 🇵🇰 is apparently blocking #wikipedia because a 48-hour ultimatum from 1 February has passed. Measurements by

show a clear picture of the blocking.

@Wikimedia

#wikipediaBlocked

https://explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat?probe_cc=PK&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=www.wikipedia.org&since=2023-01-29&until=2023-02-05&axis_x=measurement_start_day

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PTA

@PTAofficialpk

Wikipedia was approached for blocking/removal of the said contents by issuing a notice under applicable law & court order(s). An opportunity of hearing was also provided, however, the platform neither complied by removing the blasphemous content nor appeared before the Authority.

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❗️OONI data from #Pakistan has been presenting signs of: •

Measure internet censorship. Contribute to the world's largest open dataset on internet censorship. Install OONI Probe on Desktop and Mobile platforms

blocking: explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat?prob (since 1st Feb) •

@dwnews

blocking: explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat?prob (since 16th Jan) Please help test further: run.ooni.io/nettest?tn=web 🙏

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@OONI has an app called OONI Probe. With it, anyone can measure the accessibility of websites around the world.

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Install OONI Probe

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The blocking of dw.com can be observed at different ASNs in Pakistan. E.g. the largest ISP in🇵🇰 AS17557 = Pakistan Telecommunication Company.

https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2022-12-29&until=2023-01-29&failure=false&domain=www.dw.com&probe_cc=PK&test_name=web_connectivity

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Measurement data from @OONI shows blocking of Deutsche Welle websites in Pakistan since 16 January. DW provides an Urdu language service for🇵🇰. Evidence for the blocking is low due to the small amount of measurement data.

https://explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat?probe_cc=PK&test_name=web_connectivity&domain=www.dw.com&since=2023-01-15&until=2023-01-29&axis_x=measurement_start_day

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Что там в #Волгограде по шатдаунам? Интернет есть? Можно тестировать здесь через

Инструкция по использованию приложения OONI Probe Mobile

Probe: Mobile: ooni.org/ru/support/oon Desktop: ooni.org/ru/support/oon #KeepItOn

ooni.org

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Wikipedia is supposed to delete content in #Pakistan, otherwise it will be blocked by the PTA 🇵🇰. Another sad chapter of internet censorship is being written. It seems that blocking has already been implemented in some places in the country. You find more here:

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According to data from @OpenObservatory #Wikipedia is blocked in #Pakistan. Due to the small amount of measurement data, it is not yet possible to say clearly whether the blocking of the PTA has already been carried out. #PressFreedom @Wikimedia twitter.com/PTAofficialpk/…

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Usually when a website is blocked in Malaysia, it's usually an official censorship request by MCMC, leading to the site being blocked eventually by all ISPs. But when only one ISP is blocking a specific site, clarification from provider is probably needed as to why, and how.

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One change for blocking by ISPs in Malaysia since

@sinarproject

last report in 2016, is that some sites show data as being blocked by one one or two ISPs only. Example bersih.org blocked by TIME, but not others.

Graphs showing blocking of Bersih.org website found only on TIME ISP

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Sinar Project

@sinarproject

Feb 2

#ICYMI Detailed 2022 State of Internet Censorship Reports based on @OpenObservatory data for

Cambodia

HK (China)

Indonesia

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Thailand

Vietnam imap.sinarproject.org/reports/2022

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#ICYMI Detailed 2022 State of Internet Censorship Reports based on

data for 🇰🇭Cambodia 🇭🇰HK (China) 🇮🇩Indonesia 🇲🇾Malaysia 🇲🇲Myanmar 🇵🇭Philippines 🇹🇭Thailand 🇻🇳Vietnam imap.sinarproject.org/reports/2022

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If you're in #Pakistan, please help test

: 1. Install OONI Probe Mobile: ooni.org/install/mobile 2. Open this link w/ OONI Probe: run.ooni.io/nettest?tn=web 3. Tap "Run" Your test results will get published here: explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2 🙏

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Oliver Linow

@OliverLinow

According to data from @OpenObservatory #Wikipedia is blocked in #Pakistan. Due to the small amount of measurement data, it is not yet possible to say clearly whether the blocking of the PTA has already been carried out. #PressFreedom @Wikimedia twitter.com/PTAofficialpk/…

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According to data from

#Wikipedia is blocked in #Pakistan. Due to the small amount of measurement data, it is not yet possible to say clearly whether the blocking of the PTA has already been carried out. #PressFreedom

@Wikimedia

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PTA

@PTAofficialpk

Wikipedia was approached for blocking/removal of the said contents by issuing a notice under applicable law & court order(s). An opportunity of hearing was also provided, however, the platform neither complied by removing the blasphemous content nor appeared before the Authority.

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Really interesting details on the nuts and bolts (and collateral damage) of the Myanmar internet censorship activity, including total nighttime shutdown and often daily cellular network blocks.

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As of today, 2 years ago, #Myanmar experienced a military coup, which was followed by unprecedented levels of Internet censorship. After consolidating power, the new junta began imposing nightly Internet curfews, which lasted for 72 nights. ooni.org/post/2021-mult

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Resist Myanmar’s digital coup: International community must dismantle military dictatorship — or...

A few days after the coup, ISPs in #Myanmar started blocking access to major social media platforms & circumvention tools. Today, OONI data shows that on some networks, these blocks remain ongoing: explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat?prob

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As of today, 2 years ago, #Myanmar experienced a military coup, which was followed by unprecedented levels of Internet censorship. After consolidating power, the new junta began imposing nightly Internet curfews, which lasted for 72 nights. ooni.org/post/2021-mult

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Two years of dictatorship and violence. The international community must stand with the people of Myanmar and help put a stop to the military’s bloody assault on human rights. Read our statement with

@safenetvoice

,

@CIVICUSalliance

+ more:

accessnow.org

International community must dismantle military dictatorship, resist the coup, and push back against surveillance in Myanmar.

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📢 Today at 12:50 UTC join us at

@RuBlackListNET

Privacy Day 2023 to talk about OONI and internet censorship in Russia 🐙✨ 🔴 LIVE on Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=zUPYMW

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РосКомСвобода

@RuBlackListNET

Jan 27

Напоминаем, сегодня началась международная конференция Privacy Day 2023 Онлайн-трасляция уже идёт на YouTube: youtube.com/live/MyjAGm300 Присоединяйтесь!!!

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Between approximately 0805-0835 UTC (1135-1205 local time) today, a significant #Internet disruption was observed in #Iran 🇮🇷.

@Cloudflare

data shows impact to multiple networks. No cause has been given for the disruption. radar.cloudflare.com/ir?range=1d twitter.com/filterbaan/sta

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Filterbaan | فیلتربان

@filterbaan

Jan 25

This morning #Iran experienced an #internetshutdown on both mobile and fixed internet for around 10 minutes. The Telecommunication Infrastructure Company has apologised but it has not clarified the reason behind the shutdown. twitter.com/filterbaan/sta…

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Присоединяйтесь к конференции Privacy Day 2023 (RU)!

@RuBlackListNET

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Международная практическая конференция, посвященная приватности в сети и защите персональных данных.

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Internet Outage Alerts

@gatech_ioda

Jan 23

An overnight power conservation effort in #Pakistan led to an ongoing power outage and Internet disruption. The outage is visible at country and operator levels in the IODA dashboard. View Pakistan Internet connectivity signals: ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/PK?fro

The disruption of Internet infrastructure in Pakistan is most visible in the active probing signal (blue), telescope (orange), and Google search traffic (purple).

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People in Pakistan who have installed the OONI App can help to collect measurement Data and test the access of dw.com with:

OONI Probe

Run OONI Probe

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have been inaccessible in Pakistan without VPN. Network scanning shows blocking at HTTP level. Find proofs #killswitch #keepiton

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Read more about Ram's award-winning work on profiling internet censors and the methods to measure and locate censorship devices

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ICFP Fellow Ramakrishnan Sundara Raman was awarded the IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize for his work in applied networking research on censorship devices. The prize allows Ram to present his work in front of a wide community of engineers and policy makers. Congrats Ram!

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