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Measure internet censorship

221 points · 162 comments · Bluestein

  1. mitxela · · focus · HN ↗
    There's a pretty bad bias problem here because the probe app scans domains that are frequently blocked in dictatorships, but doesn't scan domains that are frequently blocked in "democracies", like Anna's Archive. Then it ends up looking like the dictatorship countries have all the censorship.
    1. orbital-decay · · focus · HN ↗
      Internet blocking is a last resort for regimes that can't do anything against the source of the information or intermediaries, but it's a red herring in regimes that can. Anna's Archive has a political position and is one of the very few voices that survived the immense pressure. How many didn't? How many attempts were not performed at all because of it? This suppression is really hard to measure, OONI can't do anything here, it measures blocking. It's very simple to understand.
      1. mitxela · · focus · HN ↗
        It measures blocking in dictatorships, as I just said.
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