Anonymous Browser Mass Hit as Russians Seek to Escape Internet Censorship | News - 0 views
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jamieparkerson on 25 Jun 14The government's campaign for online censorship has created a backlash, with the number of Russia-based users of anonymous web surfing software Tor more than doubling in the past three weeks. The Tor network, which allows users to anonymously visit websites blocked in their country, numbered almost 200,000 users from Russia on Wednesday, compared to some 80,000 as of June 1, according to official statistics for Tor usage on Torproject.org.