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Re: [tor-bugs] #22369 [Metrics/Censorship analysis]: Increase of users in Ukraine due to block of Russia-based services
#22369: Increase of users in Ukraine due to block of Russia-based services
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Reporter: dcf | Owner: metrics-team
Type: project | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Metrics/Censorship analysis | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: censorship block ua | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Description changed by dcf:
Old description:
> There was a large and sudden increase in users from Ukraine, both relay
> and bridge, on 2017-05-16.
>
> It is probably related to a blockage by Ukraine of some Russia-based
> sites including VKontakte and Mail.ru:
> * https://www.rt.com/business/388502-ukraine-bans-vk-yandex/
> ([https://web.archive.org/web/20170524224004/https://www.rt.com/business/388502
> -ukraine-bans-vk-yandex/ archive link])
>
> Other links:
> * [https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/6c9ig1 reddit post]
> * [https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2017-May/043205.html
> tor-talk thread]
>
> [[Image(userstats-relay-country-
> ua-2017-05-01-2017-05-24-off.png)]][https://metrics.torproject.org
> /userstats-relay-
> country.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-05-24&country=ua&events=off link]
>
> [[Image(userstats-bridge-country-ua-2017-05-01-2017-05-24.png)]]
> [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
> country.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-05-24&country=ua&events=off link]
>
> [[Image(userstats-bridge-combined-ua-2017-05-01-2017-05-24.png)]]
> [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
> combined.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-05-24&country=ua&events=off link]
>
> There was also a spike in Tor Browser downloads for the en-US and ru
> locales.
> [[Image(webstats-tb-locale-2017-05-01-2017-05-24.png)]]
> [https://metrics.torproject.org/webstats-tb-
> locale.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-05-24 link]
New description:
There was a large and sudden increase in users from Ukraine, both relay
and bridge, on 2017-05-16.
It is probably related to a blockage by Ukraine of some Russia-based sites
including VKontakte and Mail.ru:
* https://www.rt.com/business/388502-ukraine-bans-vk-yandex/
([https://web.archive.org/web/20170524224004/https://www.rt.com/business/388502
-ukraine-bans-vk-yandex/ archive link])
Other links:
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/6c9ig1 reddit post]
* [https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2017-May/043205.html
tor-talk thread]
[[Image(userstats-relay-country-
ua-2017-05-01-2017-07-06-off.png)]][https://metrics.torproject.org
/userstats-relay-
country.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-07-06&country=ua&events=off link]
[[Image(userstats-bridge-country-ua-2017-05-01-2017-07-06.png)]]
[https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
country.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-07-06&country=ua&events=off link]
[[Image(userstats-bridge-combined-ua-2017-05-01-2017-07-06.png)]]
[https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-
combined.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-07-06&country=ua&events=off link]
There was also a spike in Tor Browser downloads for the en-US and ru
locales.
[[Image(webstats-tb-locale-2017-05-01-2017-07-06.png)]]
[https://metrics.torproject.org/webstats-tb-
locale.html?start=2017-05-01&end=2017-07-06 link]
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