Twitter is creating a Tor onion service, which will optimise the site for the privacy-protecting and censorship-avoiding network. Alec Muffett, a software programmer, shared the news on Twitter today, calling it “probably the most significant and long-awaited tweet I’ve ever composed.” Tor has also been added to Twitter’s list of supported browsers.
“It’s a promise from the platform to treat people who use Tor fairly,” Muffett said in a Twitter direct message to The Verge. “Creating an onion address is a practical move that proves that the platform is expressly catering to Tor users’ demands.”