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The State of Internet Censorship in Myanmar | OONI
Censorship and surveillance
Reported cases of internet censorship and surveillance
Examining internet censorship in Myanmar
Methodology
Review of the Citizen Lab’s test list for Myanmar
OONI network measurements
Web Connectivity test
HTTP Invalid Request Line test
HTTP Header Field Manipulation test
Vanilla Tor test
WhatsApp test
Facebook Messenger test
Data analysis
Findings
Acknowledgement of limitations
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Country: Myanmar
Probed ISPs: FMG Company Limited (AS63852), Global Technology Co., Ldt (AS133524), OOREDOO
Myanmar (AS132167), Telenor Myanmar (AS133385), Myanma Posts & Telecommunications (AS9988),
Yatanarpon Teleport Company Limited (AS18399).
Testing period: 25th October 2016 - 28th February 2017
OONI tests: Web Connectivity, HTTP Invalid Request Line, HTTP Header Field Manipulation, WhatsApp
test, Facebook Messenger test, Vanilla Tor test.
Censorship method: Signs of TCP/IP blocking and HTTP blocking.
Key Findings
Out of 1,927 sites that were tested for censorship in six local vantage points in Myanmar, only five sites
presented signs of TCP/IP and HTTP blocking, including the sites of the U.S. embassy in Myanmar and of
the Organization of American States (OAS). The motivation and justification behind the potential blocking
of these sites remains unclear. No block pages were detected as part of this study that can confirm cases of
censorship.
https://ooni.org/post/myanmar-report/
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