Measure internet censorship
The gist
OONI's Probe app asks users to run network tests and publish results as open censorship data.
It lands as Freedom House reports a 15th straight year of declining internet freedom.
How it unfolded
- Sep 14, 2026Tech Insider publishes an explainer by Casey Mitchell on what internet censorship is, how it works and how people get around it.
- Sep 17, 2026WHOX publishes a censorship diagnostic page describing how to detect DNS, TLS and IP blocking.
- Sep 18, 2026NetBlocks' homepage describes its Internet Observatory and "Mapping Internet Freedom in Real Time".