Censorship Explorer

Launch tool

Check whether a URL is censored in a particular country by using proxies located around the world.
 

Instructions

Input URLs or text into the harvester and choose a proxy. Additionally, select either "view through proxy" or "get connection statistics".

To connect through a psiphon server, please use this tool: http://tools.issuecrawler.net/beta/psiphon/

Sample project

Check connection statistics for http://www.bbc.co.uk/ and http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/ through a proxy in Iran. Whereas the host domain is available, the Persian section of BBC News is blocked.

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I Attachment Action Size Date Who Comment
pngpng 3iran_bbc_proxy.png manage 89.8 K 12 Dec 2008 - 15:41 Michael Stevenson? BBC through proxy in Iran
pngpng proxies.png manage 9.9 K 12 Dec 2008 - 10:38 Anne Helmond Tool icon
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Topic revision: r5 - 14 Dec 2008 - 19:33:26 - Richard Rogers