It has created a special web portal for anyone who wish to bypass censorship. Two years ago, the company did the same thing to its desktop app. Your phone’s signal will bounce several times to computer servers around the world so the app won’t know your true location. It works by encrypting your connection and hiding you from network censors. The tweaking of Facebook will also allow you to use Facebook app and it will automatically use Orbot when you connect to the Internet. That said you’ll need to download and install it on your Android phone. However, it could be really useful for people who don’t wish to be tracked online by their tyrannical governments. This means that it can be used by criminals who don’t want to be seen by the law enforcers. It will also help you hide your computer’s true location. It’s not “thor” but it’s “tor.” This is a system that encrypts Internet signals around the world thereby, helping you evade censors when you’re surfing the Internet. But the feature will only be useful if you do live under authoritarian regimes. In those two countries, there are more than 1.4 billion people who could potentially use the social networking channel but they’re couldn’t because the site is off-limits.Īlthough the networking company didn’t say that it has updated the app to specifically reach those people in Iran and China, the latest feature can bypass censorship on the users’ phone networks. This is also great news to human right activists. With this update, Facebook reach to these countries would greatly expand. Facebook TOR – A Great News to China and Iran Users?

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