Re: [tor-talk] New Tor project idea for internet comments

["Lee Malek" <leemalek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This has nothing to do with people censoring tor users and everything to do with normal blogs censoring normal users because they don't like their comments. I am thinking mainly of the USA here. This will be a problem as time progresses.

This allows sharing of information directly on news sites, safely and anonymously, completely circumventing their censoring of other political views. How is this not the place for something like this?


-------- Original Message --------
From: michael ball <michaelballriseup@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [tor-talk] New Tor project idea for internet comments
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 11:39:05 -0700

> This isn't technically feasible-- for example, censored users in countries
> with slow Internet speeds (Iran, Cuba, Syria) would be unable to connect to
> the network by being forced to relay connections if they install the
> browser plugin. The Tor network relies on volunteers who have the ability
> to quickly and safely relay traffic to do so, and users who do not have
> those abilities are not at a disadvantage.
> 
> Tor developers, community members and volunteers could better spend the
> time creating this system for something that yields more results, like
> actually encouraging the websites who censor Tor users to not do so-- they
> should rather use a CAPTCHA system or another form of human verification
> (that does not break anonymity).
> 
> > So many news website block comments they dont like these days.
> 
> This isn't something new or exclusive to Tor users. Anyone who creates a
> website with a comment system can censor and prune the comments they don't
> agree with. I do agree, a separate comment system would be great at
> fighting the censorship by websites, but it isn't something the Tor
> developers should focus on.
> 
> Good idea, but not exactly the right place. Thanks for the idea, and
> welcome to the Tor mailing list!
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