Measure internet censorship
- ID
- 26512
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 20 Sep 2026, 4:00 AM
- Fetched
- 22 Sep 2026, 1:13 AM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://ooni.org/install
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Summary
- Score
- 4.5
- Created
- 22 Sep 2026, 2:22 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developerssaas_startup_founders
What happened
OONI Probe is a free, open-source tool for measuring internet censorship by testing which websites are blocked, whether messaging apps (WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram) are reachable, and network speed via the NDT test. Results are automatically published to a global open dataset in near real-time. It runs on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux (CLI).
Why it matters
If you build or deploy services that depend on reachability in Malaysia or other SEA markets, running OONI Probe on local networks gives you concrete evidence of whether specific sites, apps, or circumvention tools are blocked—useful before assuming a connectivity issue is a bug rather than censorship.
Discussion angle
Compare OONI's public Malaysia measurements to see if any current blocks affect APIs or services your apps depend on, and discuss whether running the probe on your own infrastructure is worth adding to your monitoring stack.