In Russia, which has a population of at least 144 million about 110 million There are social media users. Social media giants Facebook and Twitter, which have taken a stance against the Putin administration in the Ukraine-Russia war that has been going on for two weeks, and have imposed various sanctions on the Russian media, have been banned in the country recently.
As a result, in Russia, there was an extraordinary increase in demand for VPN software that allows access to blocked sites, while Twitter found a rather unusual solution to censorship. social media company Accessible over the Tor network onion extension made the web version available.
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Twitter launches onion service
The Twitter onion service can be accessed via the link https://twitter3e4tixl4xyajtrzo62zg5vztmjuricljdp2c5kshju4avyoid.onion via a browser that supports the Tor network. Software engineer Alec Muffett, who took part in the development process of the service, said in his statement on the subject:
I’m sharing the most important and long-awaited tweet ever for me. On behalf of Twitter, I am happy to announce the new Tor onion service.
While Twitter’s usual website is currently accessible via the Tor network, users living in countries where the social media platform is banned will be able to access Twitter without being censored, thanks to the new version.
Alec Muffett, who said in his tweet that he had been thinking about developing a special version of Twitter’s onion since 2014, said that he was very happy to be able to bring it to life. Tor network will provide users with more security and privacy. stated.
Onion is often used to conduct illegal activities on the Dark Web. One of the main reasons for this is; This domain name encrypts the connection traffic between the server and the computer. User tracking can be prevented. Onion sites cannot be accessed with DNS connection provided by internet service providers and with known browsers such as Chrome and Firefox.
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