Twitter launches a version on the ‘dark web’ to avoid censorship in Russia

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  • The social platform will start working in the encrypted Tor browser to allow Russian citizens to maintain that information channel

Twitter will start operating in the ‘dark web‘ to avoid the censorship on Russia. The American social network announced on Tuesday that it will launch a version available for the encrypted browser Thorthereby allowing Russian citizens to continue to access the platformalthough through more complicated routes.

Last Friday, the Russian body that regulates telecommunications (Roskomnadzor) announced that it was prohibiting access to Facebook in the country and restricted access to Twitter in response to the blocking of these platforms to the channel RT and the agency Sputnikboth media controlled by the Kremlin. Both Facebook and Twitter took this action pressured by the European Union (EU).

The Twitter service on the Tor network is available at https://twitter3e4tixl4xyajtrzo62zg5vztmjuricljdp2c5kshju4avyoid.onion. Although the social network could already be accessed from this censorship-resistant private browser, the new version announced this Tuesday makes it possible to reinforce the Privacy and protection of users who want to continue using the platform without fear of personal retaliation for expressing their opinion.

The ‘dark web’ or dark internet is a network that operates below the global network and is encrypted, which allows greater anonymity and privacy of the content that is exposed there. Although it is known for being the site where the black market operates and where services such as cyberattacks, child pornography or arms trafficking are sold, its privacy also allows citizens of totalitarian states to overcome digital censorship and access information prohibited by the regime. .

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This can be especially useful in Russia, where the Kremlin has approved a law that punishes those who spread “false information” with up to 15 years in prison, a flexible concept in which anything that bothers Moscow. The Russian executive is redoubling its instruments of repression to try to tame public opinion, impose its narrative and prevent protests against its war against Ukraine spread across the country.



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