Héloïse Goy, with Alexis Patri 10:24 a.m., March 10, 2022
Russia holds the Russian media with an iron fist to serve its propaganda in the war in Ukraine and it has become very difficult for Russians to have access to real information.
Many are now turning to the dark web, a more "clandestine" web, in order to circumvent the propaganda.
Often decried and the source of many fantasies, the dark web (a more clandestine form of the "second web") is increasingly used in Russia.
While the Kremlin has blocked several media and social networks and fuels propaganda disconnected from the reality of the war in Ukraine, the dark web allows Russians to be informed.
A distancing of the official discourse facilitated since certain media and social networks have launched variations of their services on the dark web.
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BBC,
New York Times
, Deutsche Welle and Radio Free Europe on the dark web
These variations that go through the TOR browser, a computer network that provides access to the dark web and protects the identity and location of its users.
Faced with the Kremlin's censorship of information, several media such as the BBC, The
New York Times
, Deutsche Welle and Radio Free Europe have relaunched their services on Tor, to allow Russians to follow the news.
On the side of social networks, blocked in Russia since last week, the dark web also plays a role.
After Facebook (which already had a version on Tor for a long time which is still accessible in Russia), Twitter has just launched an even more secure site on this dark web browser.
Russians can therefore continue to post and learn on Facebook and Twitter.