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Social media blocking in Ethiopia, 2023-02-09 #210

Open wkrp opened 1 year ago

wkrp commented 1 year ago

Ethiopia: Ongoing blocking of social media

The OONI team has a report on recent social media blocking in Ethiopia. They have been able to confirm blocking of Facebook and Telegram since 2023-02-09, and of Youtube since 2023-09-10. There is also some evidence of the blocking of TikTok, but there are not enough measurements to have high confidence.

The TLS handshake timeouts observed in anomalous measurements suggest that access to Facebook is blocked by means of TLS-level interference. The latest measurements from the testing of Facebook continue to show that TLS handshakes result in timeout errors, suggesting that the block is ongoing.

There's a clear effect on Tor bridge user estimates:

Bridge users from Ethiopia

operationairstrike commented 1 year ago

Hey guys what could be the cause of this, I dont know of any conflicts atm there can someone give me a brief pls. Tysm

wkrp commented 1 year ago

Hey guys what could be the cause of this, I dont know of any conflicts atm

I urge you to read the report linked in the original post, which explains the cause and gives links to more information.

Ethiopia: Ongoing blocking of social media

On 9th February 2023, amid church split tensions and calls for anti-government protests, access to social media platforms (TikTok, Facebook, Telegram) was reportedly blocked in Ethiopia. Access Now also published a statement urging authorities in Ethiopia to stop blocking access to social media.