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Maria Xynou
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Internet censorship researcher | Director @ooni.org | Board @torproject.org
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Protect Our Internet. Document Censorship – Support OONI Today.
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#ooni #donate #opensource #opendata #censorship
December 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Today we are launching OONI's fundraising campaign 🐙

Around the world, access to information is increasingly blocked.

Transparency is more important than ever.

Support the world's largest open dataset on internet censorship.

Donate to OONI today: ooni.org/donate ♥️

#donate #ooni #censorship
December 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Community contributions are what power Tor, tune in Wed, Dec 10 at 1700 UTC for day 2 of our State of the Onion to hear directly from @ooni.org, The Guardian Project, @freedom.press, HushLine and more.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVk...
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State of the Onion 2025 – Community Day
YouTube video by The Tor Project
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December 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Over the past few years, we’ve created new OONI tools and resources, and we'd love your feedback!

Please take a few minutes to complete our survey: ooni.org/post/2025-oo...

Thank you! ♥️ Your feedback will help us improve censorship monitoring globally. 🐙

#ooni #censorship #opensource #survey
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Throttling of Social Media in Türkiye During Protests: An Analysis of OONI Data
ooni.org/post/2025-tu...

Our latest report shares OONI data on the throttling of Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, TikTok, and Signal in Türkiye during protests earlier this year.

#turkey #censorship
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Has your website been hit with unexpected unavailability in Spain? Help us find out why. Download the free OONI Probe app, enter the URL in the app and tap "Run.” Your results are anonymous and help measure blocking of websites in your region. https://ooni.org/install/
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Censorship & surveillance are on the move, time to fight back! Since 2018, we’ve partnered with the community & donated $4m+ to groups defending global privacy & freedom. Know an org? Nominate them by Nov 24th.

https://proton.me/blog/lifetime-fundraiser-survey-2025
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Censorship may be a cat-and-mouse game, but our teams are staying ahead. If you want to hear more about our ongoing fight for online freedom, join us for our State of the Onion event on November 12 at 17:00 UTC. 📺

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State of the Onion 2025
YouTube video by The Tor Project
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November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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‼️ We just published a brief report documenting the blocking of TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, and several VPNs in #Cameroon over the last week, amid ongoing post-election protests: explorer.ooni.org/findings/393...

#ooni #opendata #censorship
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Are you at #IETF124 (@ietf.org) in Montreal?

Today we're presenting our work on measuring & understanding ECH deployment: datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/124/... 🐙

#ooni #ooniprobe #opendata
November 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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When censorship strikes, Tor provides a lifeline to access information-a lifeline to a FREE INTERNET.
📺️🗓️Watch the 2025 State of the Onion next Wednesday, 12 November, 17:00 UTC to hear about how our teams work tirelessly behind the scenes to keep it alive.
blog.torproject.org/state-of-the...
Keeping the internet free together: Join us for State of the Onion 2025 | Tor Project
When censorship strikes, Tor provides a lifeline to access information--a lifeline to a FREE INTERNET. Tune in to this year's 2025 State of the Onion event to hear about how our teams and community wo...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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‼️ OONI data shows possible social media blocks in #Cameroon amid protests.

If you're in #Cameroon, help verify:
1️⃣ Install OONI Probe: ooni.org/install/mobile
2️⃣ Run test: run.ooni.org/v2/10252

Results will be published: explorer.ooni.org/chart/mat?pr...

#ooni #ooniprobe #opendata #censorship
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Tanzania Internet is offline again after a ~2 hour recovery.

Follow connectivity in Tanzania in near realtime:
ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/TZ?f...
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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We’re hiring for roles in operations and communications, and looking for a chief of staff to work closely with David to drive forward our mission and growth. 9/n
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been helping out my brother David who is starting a new org, Evitable.com, focused on informing and organizing the public around societal-scale risks and harms of AI, and countering industry narratives of AI inevitability and acceleration! 1/n
Evitable
Evitable.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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#Tanzania is experiencing a near-complete #Internet outage amidst election day protests. Traffic began falling around 09:30 UTC (12:30 local), now over 90% lower than the previous week.

Follow the current status at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/tz
October 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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SAVE THE DATE
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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🚨 Double your impact 🚨

Although the modern internet has been corrupted by rampant privacy violations and pervasive government spying, we have the power to FREE THE INTERNET from the chains of censorship and surveillance. ⛓️

Donate today!

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October 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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🚀 This week we're thrilled to be at @acm-imc.bsky.social!

Excited to be co-hosting the IMC #Hackathon on Halloween in collaboration w/ M-Lab, @ioda.live, @internetsociety.bsky.social, @radar.cloudflare.com, IIJ, and Sorbonne University: conferences.sigcomm.org/imc/2025/eve... 🎃👻

#IMC2025
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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🧅 Tor is a building block for a free internet that protects your privacy. As a nonprofit, we rely on donations to power our tools that are trusted by millions.
Donate today to build a better internet for tomorrow and take advantage of our match!
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Support tools that break the chains of censorship and surveillance
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October 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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IODA collaborated with @filter.watch and ASL19 to co-author a report on the 2025 shutdown of the Internet in Iran during the war with Israel. Key contributors included @radar.cloudflare.com @eldomador.bsky.social @ooni.org and more!

Access the report here: filter.watch/english/2025...
Iran’s ‘Stealth Blackout’: A Multi-stakeholder Analysis of the June 2025 Internet Shutdown - Filterwatch
Authors: Miaan Group, ASL19, IODA Contributors: Kentik, Cloudflare, OONI, Tor, Lantern, eQualitie, Psiphon Executive Summary The June 2025 Internet shutdown in Iran, carried out during the war with Is...
filter.watch
October 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Are you at the Global Gathering in Portugal? ✨

Join us today at booth 17 for a session on internet censorship research questions and a game of Jeopardy to test your internet measurement tool knowledge: ooni.org/post/2025-gg... 😃🐙

#ooni #globalgathering #community #opensource #opendata #censorship
September 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Are you at the Global Gathering in Portugal? ✨

Today, come to the OONI booth (17) between 1PM - 3PM to collect swag and say hi! 😃

Right afterwards, we'll facilitate 2 sessions to collect your feedback on challenges and wish lists. Join us!
ooni.org/post/2025-gg... 🐙

#ooni #globalgathering
September 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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The IODA team is excited to announce the release of new data that aims to measure generalized throttling, using IODA's Active Probing signal.

Please come chat with us in the OMG Village at Global Gathering to learn more! […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
September 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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⚡️ Today, in collaboration with @digitalrightspk.bsky.social
, we published a new report documenting the blocking of news media websites and censorship on social media platforms in #India and #Pakistan during the conflict in May 2025.

🔗 Read the full report here: ooni.org/post/2025-me...
September 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM