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[China] Sometimes Tor Directory Authorities and built-in bridges are available in some ISPs

Since November 15th, we've seen a sudden increase in direct connections from China on Tor Metrics website. Looking into the OONI data set, some ISPs temporarily and partly unblocked Tor Directory Authorities and built-in bridges, for example, AS4134. In some cases, the ISPs even unblocked Tor completely AS4837, AS17623.

OONI

OONI data set: All results 2021-11-04 - 2021-12-04

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Tor Metrics

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Edited by Gus