Twitter Opens Tor Site to Circumvent Russian Censorship

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/twitter-launches-tor-website-to-tackle-russian-censorship/

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Twitter is now accessible over the Tor network, allowing users in countries that banned it to continue accessing the social network's site.

The new onion URL was announced today by security engineer Alec Muffett who announced that Twitter can now be accessed worldwide via the Tor browser.

This is possibly the most important and long-awaited tweet that I've ever composed.

On behalf of @Twitter, I am delighted to announce their new @TorProject onion service, at:https://t.co/Un8u0AEXeE pic.twitter.com/AgEV4ZZt3k
— Alec Muffett (@AlecMuffett) March 8, 2022​

Muffett told BleepingComputer that he wrote and helped deploy the software used to connect Twitter to the Tor network.

The Tor Project allows you to download a customized Firefox browser that can be used to browse the web anonymously and access special .onion domains only accessible via Tor.

The project is especially useful as it allows users to bypass government censorship and continue accessing sites that are normally blocked in their country.

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The BC article contains links to other outlets with Tor availability, including BBC News in Ukraine, Deutsche Welle and Facebook.