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Measure internet censorship

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  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. 8organicbits · · focus · HN ↗
      The platform is quite open, so you can build whichever tests you want. Personally I run a dockerized ooni via scheduled GitHub actions, which shows blocks impacting GitHub runners. You should be able to see logs from that here, which shows three blocked websites <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;robalexdev&#x2F;ooni-unattended-action&#x2F;actions&#x2F;runs&#x2F;33824187064&#x2F;job&#x2F;100873202754" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;robalexdev&#x2F;ooni-unattended-action&#x2F;actions...

      You can build your own lists and share them using ooni run: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;run.ooni.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;run.ooni.org&#x2F;

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