[ooni-talk] New Report on Internet Censorship in Russia

[Maria Xynou]

Hello,

Today *OONI and Roskomsvoboda co-published a new research report*
documenting *how Internet censorship changed in Russia over the last year*
(since the start of the war in Ukraine) based on OONI data analysis.

Read our report in:

* English: https://ooni.org/post/2023-russia-a-year-after-the-conflict/

* Russian: https://ooni.org/ru/post/2023-russia-a-year-after-the-conflict/

You can also read Roskomsvoboda's publication about the report here:
https://roskomsvoboda.org/post/rks-ooni-odin-god/

*# Key Findings*

Overall, OONI data analysis shows the *blocking of 494 domains* in Russia.
Many more websites are also blocked, beyond those tested.

The blocked domains fall under 28 categories, suggesting *pervasive levels
of internet censorship* in Russia.

*New blocks* that emerged in Russia over the last year include:

* Blocking of *Russian & international human rights websites* (e.g. Human
Rights Watch & Amnesty International)
* Blocking of *investigative journalism & news media sites*
* Blocking of *Instagram, SoundCloud and Patreon *

Access to the *Tor Project's website was temporarily unblocked* in Russia
between 15th to 28th July 2022.

Several discontinued sites have been unblocked over the last year (possibly
as part of a "blocklist cleanup").

We *confirmed the blocking of 48 domains* (including a Let's Encrypt
domain) based on OONI data, which do *not appear to be included in Russia's
official blocking registry*.

OONI data also suggests that access to a *major CDN was blocked* in the
past year.

You can continue to monitor internet censorship in Russia through real-time
OONI data:
https://explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat?probe_cc=RU&since=2023-01-25&until=2023-02-25&time_grain=day&axis_x=measurement_start_day&test_name=web_connectivity

We thank OONI Probe users in Russia for contributing measurements.

~ OONI team.
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