Italy Blocks Reproductive Health Websites Women on Web and Women Help Women
Beginning in mid-February 2026, OONI data shows DNS-based interference affecting both Women on Web (www.womenonweb.org) and Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) on the following networks: Fastweb (AS12874), Vodafone Italia (AS30722), EOLO (AS35612), Sky Italia (AS210278), and Iliad/Scaleway (AS29447). The sixth affected network differs by domain: Women on Web was blocked on INTRED (AS41497), while Women Help Women was blocked on WIND TRE (AS1267).Bogon IP responses. For both domains, Fastweb (AS12874) and Iliad/Scaleway (AS29447) returned the bogon IP address 127.0.0.1 during DNS resolution.
- ▪Beginning in mid-February 2026, OONI data shows DNS-based interference affecting both Women on Web (www.womenonweb.org) and Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) on the following networks: Fastweb (AS12874), Vodafone Italia (AS30722), EOLO (AS35
- ▪The sixth affected network differs by domain: Women on Web was blocked on INTRED (AS41497), while Women Help Women was blocked on WIND TRE (AS1267).Bogon IP responses.
- ▪For both domains, Fastweb (AS12874) and Iliad/Scaleway (AS29447) returned the bogon IP address 127.0.0.1 during DNS resolution.
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Italy Blocks Reproductive Health Websites Women on Web (WoW) and Women Help Women (WHW)Maria Xynou (OONI), Arturo Filastò (OONI), Mehul Gulati (OONI), Venny Ala-Siurua (Women on Web), Hannes-Jeremia Jaacks (Women on Web), 2026-07-28In this report, we share OONI data on the blocking of the Women on Web (WoW) and Women Help Women (WHW) websites in Italy. These websites facilitate access to reproductive health care and offer abortion information.Key findingsIntroductionBackgroundMethodsOONI data analysisFindingsWomen on Web (WoW)Women Help Women (WHW)Acknowledgement of limitationsConclusionAcknowledgements Key findingsOur analysis of OONI data collected from OONI Probe tests of Women on Web (www.womenonweb.org) and Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) in Italy between 1 November 2025 and 1 June…
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