Research reports: Blocking of News Media

Among other blocks, the following research reports document the blocking of news media websites based on OONI data.

A Legal and Technical Analysis of Internet Censorship in France

6 Mar 2025

Censorship Chronicles: The systematic suppression of independent media in Russia

Translations: ru

9 Dec 2024

Kazakhstan: TLS MITM attacks and blocking of news media, human rights, and circumvention tool sites

Translations: ru , kk

19 Sep 2024

Throttling of news media amid Kazakhstan’s 2022 presidential election

28 Apr 2023

OONI measurements show ongoing internet censorship in Azerbaijan

28 Feb 2023

How Internet censorship changed in Russia during the 1st year of military conflict in Ukraine

Translations: ru

24 Feb 2023

Pakistan: Blocking of Wikipedia and Deutsche Welle (DW)

15 Feb 2023

iMAP State of Internet Censorship Report 2022 - Cambodia

23 Dec 2022

iMAP State of Internet Censorship Report 2022 - Indonesia

23 Dec 2022

iMAP State of Internet Censorship Report 2022 - Malaysia

23 Dec 2022

iMAP State of Internet Censorship Report 2022 - Myanmar

23 Dec 2022

iMAP State of Internet Censorship Report 2022 - Thailand

23 Dec 2022

iMAP State of Internet Censorship Report 2022 - Vietnam

23 Dec 2022

New blocks emerge in Russia amid war in Ukraine: An OONI network measurement analysis

7 Mar 2022

Media censorship in Azerbaijan through the lens of network measurement

2 Jul 2021

Myanmar: Data on internet blocks and internet outages following military coup

9 Mar 2021

Belarus protests: From internet outages to pervasive website censorship

15 Sep 2020

Those Unspoken Thoughts: A study of censorship and media freedom in Manipur, India

18 Jun 2020

Myanmar blocks “fake news” websites amid COVID-19 pandemic

6 May 2020

Egypt blocks BBC and Alhurra: Expanding media censorship amid political unrest

Translations: ar

26 Sep 2019

Resurgence of Internet Censorship in Ethiopia: Blocking of WhatsApp, Facebook, and African Arguments

14 Aug 2019

Cuba blocks independent media amid 2019 constitutional referendum

26 Feb 2019

The State of Internet Censorship in Venezuela

16 Aug 2018

South Sudan: Measuring Internet Censorship in the World's Youngest Nation

1 Aug 2018

The State of Internet Censorship in Egypt

2 Jul 2018

Ethiopia: Verifying the unblocking of websites

29 Jun 2018

How Pakistan blocked news outlets, social media sites, and IM apps amidst protests

29 Nov 2017

Internet Censorship in Iran: Network Measurement Findings from 2014-2017

28 Sep 2017

Measuring Internet Censorship in Cuba's ParkNets

28 Aug 2017

#EgyptCensors: Evidence of recent censorship events in Egypt

19 Jun 2017

The State of Internet Censorship in Indonesia

23 May 2017

The State of Internet Censorship in Thailand

20 Mar 2017

The State of Internet Censorship in Malaysia

20 Dec 2016

Ethiopia: Evidence of social media blocking and internet censorship

14 Dec 2016

Egypt: Media censorship, Tor interference, HTTPS throttling and ads injections?

27 Oct 2016