

Twitter’s service continues to be partially accessible in Russia, although the social networking platform confirmed today that it is aware of reports of users in the country having “increasing difficulty” accessing its service, adding that it is investigating and working to restore full access.

Twitter says it’s trying to fully restore service in Russia On Tuesday, a cybersecurity expert announced that they had helped implement an official Tor onion service version of Twitter, meaning that Russian users should be able to use the Tor anonymity network to reach the site. The Russian government may have blocked Twitter earlier this month, but now users in the country might have another way to bypass that censorship and access the social network. Twitter launches Tor Onion service making site easier to access in Russia According to an email shared with developers, Apple Search Ads ads - which allow developers to run advertising campaigns on the App Store - have now been placed on hold in Russia “until further notice.” Now, tens of thousands of Russian video game streamers on Twitch, gig workers on Upwork, adult-content creators on OnlyFans and computer programmers working on contract have all lost their livelihoods, at least temporarily.Īpple suspends Search Ads on the Russian App Store ‘until further notice’Īfter last week’s announcement that it would halt its product sales in Russia, Apple has now informed its developer community that it’s suspending its Apple Search Ads service on the App Store in Russia. Tens of thousands of Russian gig workers left behind as tech platforms pull outįor more than a decade, American and European tech companies have made a business of facilitating online labor - from gig work to content creation and online marketplaces to payment processors. Lumen, a leading American Internet provider to Russia, announced Tuesday that it was severing business relations in the country, a move likely to increase Russia’s isolation as its citizens slip behind what some analysts are calling a new digital Iron Curtain. Lumen, a second major American Internet carrier, is pulling out of RussiaĬraig Timberg, Ellen Nakashima and Joseph Menn

Their right to privacy is sacred - now more than ever."

In a Telegram post, Pavel Durov, who lives in Dubai, wrote: "I stand for our users no matter what. The billionaire Russian-born co-founder of messaging app Telegram has told Ukrainian users their data is safe. Telegram founder commits to Ukraine user privacy
