How Tor Is Fighting—and Beating—Russian Censorship

Posted on AllSides July 28th, 2022
From The Center
PHOTOGRAPH: SHAUNL/GETTY IMAGES
ANALYSIS

FOR YEARS, THE anonymity service Tor has been the best way to stay private online and dodge web censorship. Much to the ire of governments and law enforcement agencies, Tor encrypts your web traffic and sends it through a chain of computers, making it very hard for people to track you online. Authoritarian governments see it as a particular threat to their longevity, and in recent months, Russia has stepped up its long-term ambition to block Tor—although not without a fight.

Read full story
Some content from this outlet may be limited or behind a paywall.
https://www.wired.com/story/tor-browser-russia-blocks/

More News about Free Speech from the Left, Center and Right

From the Left

From the Center

From the Right