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Measure internet censorship

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  1. walrus01 · · focus · HN ↗
    For everyone in this thread saying "but the platforms!", I don't disagree with you. Extensive censorship exists. But I don't believe that's the intended purpose of this tool and the metrics it collects. It doesn't measure censorship at what we would call layers 4-7 in the OSI model. It's concerned with IP reachability and layer 3. It collects valid data for that purpose.
    1. reisse · · focus · HN ↗
      Do they distinguish between "censored in transit" and "blocked by destination"?

      In the last years many sites started to drop/block connections from the countries like China and Russia. It is sad to see how Internet is becoming more and more fragmented.

      1. LoganDark · · focus · HN ↗
        The latter one isn't censorship, it's geofencing. Which is incredibly unfortunate (and always has been), but it's not censorship.
        1. mitxela · · focus · HN ↗
          Which is a type of censorship.
      2. TaLiTr · · focus · HN ↗
        Many websites block UK IPs rather than comply with some recent KYC laws.
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