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Internet Shutdowns

Explore 7 projects in the Internet Shutdowns category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

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https://explorer.ooni.org/ActiveOpen-source

OONI Explorer

OONI Explorer is an open data resource on internet censorship around the world.

2012
Circumvention tech, Civic data, Internet shutdowns, Open internet
https://splintercon.net/breakout/Active

Breakout program

The Breakout Program is a $250,000 seed funding initiative launched by eQualitie to support innovations in digital communication that can withstand network shutdowns and censorship of global connectivity.

Canada
2024
Circumvention tech, Connectivity, Funders & donors, Get funding, Internet shutdowns
free speech
http://web.archive.org/web/20220519153911/https://netblocks.org/cost/Active

The Cost of Shutdown Tool (COST)

a data-driven online tool that to allows us to quickly and easily estimate the economic cost of Internet disruptions

Pakistan
Adjacent Fields, Connectivity, Foundational layers, Internet shutdowns
https://ooni.org/ActiveOpen-source

The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)

The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a free software project that aims to empower decentralized efforts in increasing transparency of internet censorship around the world. You can run OONI Probe to collect evidence of internet censorship.

2012
Adjacent Fields, Circumvention tech, Crowdsourcing, Data donations, Decentralization, Digital security and privacy, Internet shutdowns
free speech
https://dashchat.orgActiveOpen-source

Dash Chat

Secure messaging that keeps working when the internet doesn't.

Chat and messaging, Circumvention tech, Digital security and privacy, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Internet shutdowns, Mesh networks
https://ooni.org/post/2025-launch-ooniprobe-multiplatform-app/Active

OONI Probe (app)

OONI Probe is a free and open source tool to help measure internet censorship.

2012
Circumvention tech, Crowdsourcing, Digital security and privacy, Internet shutdowns
apps
https://ooni.org/install/Active

OONI Probe

Global community measuring Internet censorship since 2012

Adjacent Fields, Circumvention tech, Digital security and privacy, Internet shutdowns
free speech, apps