such as the blocking of websites instant messaging apps and circumvention tools OONI Probe has
been run in Myanmar since 2012 and more than 263 000 network measurements have been
collected from 34 local networks
OONI P be
The OONI Probe tool can be run to measure:
Blocking of websites
Blocking of instant messaging apps WhatsApp Facebook Messenger and Telegram
Blocking of censorship circumvention tools Tor and Psiphon
Presence of systems middleboxes in a network that might be responsible for censorship
and or surveillance and
Network speed and performance
By running OONI Probe the collected data can potentially serve as evidence of internet censorship
since it shows how when where and by whom the restriction was implemented As soon as an
OONI Probe user runs a test the network measurement data from that test is instantly sent to OONI
servers where it is automatically processed and published in near real time
As part of this project OONI Probe tests were run in Myanmar between January 1 and July 31 2020
Through the use of OONI Probe this study worked to address the following questions:
Which websites are blocked in Myanmar
How do ISPs block access to websites in Myanmar
Does the blocking of websites vary across networks in Myanmar If so how
Are popular instant messaging apps WhatsApp Facebook Messenger Telegram
consistently accessible in Myanmar throughout the testing period of this study If not which
ISPs in Myanmar block access to these apps and how do they block access
Are Tor and Psiphon accessible in Myanmar throughout the testing period of this study If
not which ISPs block access to Tor and or Psiphon and how do they block access
What is the speed and performance of local networks in Myanmar
Are middleboxes present on tested networks in Myanmar
The above questions were examined by running the following OONI Probe tests:
Web Connectivity test: Measures the DNS TCP IP and HTTP blocking of websites
WhatsApp test: Measures the blocking of WhatsApp s mobile app and web version
Facebook Messenger test: Measures the blocking of Facebook Messenger
Telegram test: Measures the blocking of Telegram s mobile app and web version
Tor test: Measures the blocking of Tor
Psiphon test: Measures the blocking of the Psiphon app
HTTP Header Field Manipulation test: Measures networks to detect the presence of
middleboxes
HTTP Invalid Request Line test: Measures networks to detect the presence of middleboxes
Network Diagnostic Test NDT : Measures the speed and performance of networks
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP DASH test: Measures video streaming
performance