Hello! On 29 Nov 2017 13:00, <tor-talk-requ...@lists.torproject.org> wrote:
> Send tor-talk mailing list submissions to > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tor-talk-requ...@lists.torproject.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tor-talk-ow...@lists.torproject.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tor-talk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Welcome All (Yael Cohen) > 2. New report: How Pakistan blocked news outlets, social media > sites, and IM apps amidst protests (Maria Xynou) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:17:43 +0100 > From: Yael Cohen <ar...@ariellillicohen.co.il> > To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > Subject: [tor-talk] Welcome All > Message-ID: > <7a31b8c3-116b-4fd8-8d16-9fab13a8d...@ariellillicohen.co.il> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Shalom Welcome all > > > @2014 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:05:21 +0100 > From: Maria Xynou <ma...@openobservatory.org> > To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > Subject: [tor-talk] New report: How Pakistan blocked news outlets, > social media sites, and IM apps amidst protests > Message-ID: <fd4c5d94-f653-8e59-adad-4f1be344e...@openobservatory.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, > > Today, in collaboration with Bytes for All Pakistan, OONI published a > research study titled "How Pakistan blocked news outlets, social media > sites, and IM apps amidst protests". > > Our study is available here: > https://ooni.torproject.org/post/how-pakistan-blocked-social-media/ and > http://content.bytesforall.pk/node/224 > > Last weekend, a number of social media sites and news outlets were > reportedly blocked in Pakistan during Islamist protests. > > Through the collection and analysis of OONI network measurements from > Pakistan, we confirmed the DNS-based blocking of: > > * 14 news websites > > * Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram > > * Facebook Messenger, Telegram, WhatsApp's web interface (web.whatsapp.com > ) > > All of these censorship events were temporarily implemented last weekend > (25th & 26th November), and no longer seem to be in place (at least not in > the networks where tests were/are run). This highlights the need to > monitor internet censorship on an ongoing basis around the world. > > In our previous study with Bytes for All > (https://ooni.torproject.org/post/pakistan-internet-censorship/), > Pakistani ISPs appeared to be applying "smart filters", selectively > blocking the HTTP versions of certain Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter > webpages, rather than blocking access to entire domains. > > Last weekend, however, these sites were blocked entirely. > > This is also the first time that we have collected technical evidence on > the censorship of news websites in Pakistan. > > In addition to network measurement findings, our report also includes > censorship circumvention advice and information on how to reproduce this > study (in Pakistan or elsewhere). > > Thanks for reading! > > ~ The OONI team. > > -- > Maria Xynou > Research and Partnerships Coordinator > Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) > https://ooni.torproject.org/ > PGP Key Fingerprint: 2DC8 AFB6 CA11 B552 1081 FBDE 2131 B3BE 70CA 417E > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 819 bytes > Desc: OpenPGP digital signature > URL: <http://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/ > attachments/20171129/998b5a76/attachment-0001.sig> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > > > ------------------------------ > > End of tor-talk Digest, Vol 82, Issue 23 > **************************************** > -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
