[tor-relays] Responding to Tor censorship in Russia

[gus]

Hi John,

Let's do this:

If censorship in Russia scale to a country-wide Tor block, then you
can spin as many bridges as you can. What do you think?

Thank you!,
Gus

On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 08:40:24PM +0000, John Ricketts wrote:
> gus,
> 
> Since all of my exit nodes are within the same /16 - would I have to run bridges on newly acquired IPv4 space?
> 
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tor-relays <tor-relays-bounces at lists.torproject.org> On Behalf Of gus
> Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 2:16 PM
> To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> Subject: [tor-relays] Responding to Tor censorship in Russia
> 
> Dear relay operators,
> 
> Today the torproject.org was officially blocked in Russia. You can read more about the situation here[1].
> 
> Russia is the country with the second largest number of Tor users, with more than 300,000 daily users or 15% of all Tor users. 
> 
> As it seems this situation could quickly escalate to a country-wide Tor block, it's urgent that we respond to this censorship! 
> 
> We need your help NOW to keep Russians connected to Tor!
> 
> We are calling on everyone to spin up a Tor bridge.
> 
> If you've ever considered running a bridge, now is an excellent time to get started, as your help is urgently needed. You can find the requirements and instructions for starting a bridge in the Help Censored Users, Run a Tor Bridge blog post: https://blog.torproject.org/run-a-bridge-campaign/
> 
> Gus
> 
> [1]
> https://blog.torproject.org/tor-censorship-in-russia/
> https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/support/-/issues/40050
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