Dataset: https://zenodo.org/record/3629633
In continuation of the tweet thread from: Preliminary analysis of first whitelist for Internet access in Jammu and Kashmir
Detailed analysis published on Medianama — Even the 301 whitelisted sites in Jammu and Kashmir are not entirely accessible: An analysis, January 28, 2020
Tweet thread
Update on the Kashmir Whitelist
As promised – the detailed write-up and results (all 301 entries on the whitelist) for the tests @aldebaran14 and I did is up now, on @medianama https://t.co/THh09BbeMJ (1/n) https://t.co/lIiwIPv6ta
— Prateek Waghre (@prateekwaghre) January 28, 2020
126 websites on the whitelist were either usable or partially usable.
31 had to be eliminated for various reasons (duplicates, no URLs, indeterminate URLs, invalid URLs). That leaves 144 which were not usable. As I said earlier, this is subjective to some extent. (2/n) pic.twitter.com/DDZUnshYyK— Prateek Waghre (@prateekwaghre) January 28, 2020
The new set included search engines. Searches worked, though only results from websites on the whitelist were actually accessible. We classified them as ‘partially’ usable. Indian subdomains were not included but Canadian, French-Canadian versions of some were (3/n)
— Prateek Waghre (@prateekwaghre) January 28, 2020
7 more streaming (audio and video) services were added too (with hostnames this time). Only 1 of them worked (suspend disbelief for a second and imagine that 2G will actually allow this) (4/n)
— Prateek Waghre (@prateekwaghre) January 28, 2020
The official websites for some apps like Notability and Kinemaster were on the list. Of course, the apps themselves cannot be downloaded since app stores are not allowed. Installed versions will likely not work (depends on whether the app is designed to use the same hostname) 5/n
— Prateek Waghre (@prateekwaghre) January 28, 2020
74 websites categorised as “news” (60) and “Technology Updates” (14) were included too. There were affected to varying degrees. Audio/Video did not work for almost all of them (CDN/Youtube). (6/n) pic.twitter.com/BItmmDHT0T
— Prateek Waghre (@prateekwaghre) January 28, 2020
Our method did have some limitations, and there maybe be better/smarter ways to do this. We’ll continue to explore and are also willing to work with anyone who wants to collaborate. (7/7) pic.twitter.com/T8PjdK2aQR
— Prateek Waghre (@prateekwaghre) January 28, 2020
#KashmirInternetShutdown: @aldebaran14 and @prateekwaghre examine the feasibility of implementing the list of 301 websites whitelisted in Kashmir. They look at:
🌏Which sites work, which don’t
🌏Technological constraints with the order@medianama https://t.co/wBYqbzVvdT— Aditi Agrawal (@Aditi_muses) January 28, 2020
🌏Role of ISPs
They have also created a sortable database of all the parameters they used to judge the efficacy of this order. Find it here: https://t.co/Nj8YI33C2C
— Aditi Agrawal (@Aditi_muses) January 28, 2020