Engadget Logo The Japanese version of Engadget Twitter has opened a website that can be accessed anonymously through Tor. In order to avoid censorship by the Russian authorities

The Russian government intercepted Twitter at home earlier this month after invading Ukraine. In view of this, Twitter has opened a website that can be accessed through the Tor (Onion Router) anonymized network.

This is what Alec Muffett said on Twitter: the former head of Facebook security infrastructure, developed Enterprise Onion Toolkit, a toolkit that helps deploy Tor Onion services. "maybe this is the most important and long-awaited tweet I've ever created," he said. "I'm happy to launch the Onion service for their new Tor project on behalf of Twitter."

Tor refers to the technology of sending data anonymously. The Onion Router, the Onion Router, is a technology that deliberately sets multi-level agents and routers on the communication path and repeats encryption like an onion skin every time, making it difficult for the sender (IP address) to determine.

The Tor address of Twitter is https://twitter3e4tixl4xyajtrzo62zg5vztmjuricljdp2c5kshju4avyoid.onion. To access this URL, you must install a To-compatible browser and cannot open it in a browser that does not support Tor.

Given the Ukrainian invasion and increasing access by Russian authorities to social networking sites and independent media, the Tor version of Twitter will become one of the most important Tor onion services in history.

"making our company's services more accessible is a priority for us," a spokesman for Motherboard,Twitter said in an email. He said in the email that he mentioned the support page containing the URL of the Tor version of the website.

By March, 12.77 per cent of Tor relay users were originally connected from Russia, according to data managed by Tor Project, a non-profit organization that maintains Tor's anonymous web software. In addition, Facebook has launched the Tor version in 2014, and the number of connected users has exceeded 1 million within a month.

In what is now Russia, images of the current situation in Ukraine are broadcast and criticism of the invasion of Ukraine has been severely banned. Affected by this, Anonymous hijacked Russian state television and other distribution channels, but did not think it could be handed over to people who had their own "justice". Through Twitter, Facebook and other SNS with fake news censorship agencies, it is hoped that Russians will have access to the correct information.

Source:Alec Muffett (Twitter), Motherboard