Data analysis requirements for KZ research report

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As part of an upcoming research report on internet censorship in Kazakhstan, we would like to examine the following questions based on OONI data:

1) Which news media, human rights, political, and circumvention tool websites are blocked in Kazakhstan? 2) Which techniques do ISPs in Kazakhstan use to implement the blocks? How does the blocking of websites vary across ISPs in Kazakhstan?

Data analysis requirements

Below I share the data analysis requirements in support of this research. The deadline for this data analysis is 25th June 2024.

• Country code: KZ
• Date range of analysis: 1st June 2023 - 1st June 2024 (1 year)
• Analyzed OONI measurements: Web Connectivity
• Citizen Lab category codes (as part of Web Connectivity analysis): NEWS, POLR, HUMR, ANON

Please analyze OONI measurements collected from Kazakhstan between 1st June 2023 to 1st June 2024 (1 year), while limiting the analysis to the NEWS, POLR, HUMR, ANON category codes of Web Connectivity measurements.

Based on this analysis, generate a chart for each category which displays:

• Domains that presented signs of blocking during the analysis period (while excluding domains that received very limited measurement coverage and a low volume of anomalies);
• Measurement results (ok, tls.timeout, tls.connection_reset, dns.nxdomain, etc.).

Such charts would be similar to this: https://ooni.org/post/2024-tanzania-lgbtiq-censorship-and-other-targeted-blocks/images/image6.png (enabling us to gain a bids-eye-view of failure types and censorship techniques)

If you observe variance in censorship techniques adopted by different ISPs, please also generate a chart for each category which displays:

• ASNs that received the largest measurement coverage;
• Measurement results (ok, tls.timeout, tls.connection_reset, dns.nxdomain, etc.).

Such charts would be similar to this: https://ooni.org/post/2024-tanzania-lgbtiq-censorship-and-other-targeted-blocks/images/image13.png (but applied to a category code, as opposed to a domain)

Note: This past OONI report documents the throttling of news media websites in Kazakhstan: https://ooni.org/post/2023-throttling-kz-elections/