Chiara Castro, TechRadar, Developers can now build censorship-resistant apps with Google’s new tool, 14 Sep 2023 “The tool comes as a direct response to Iran’s harsh internet crackdown during a long year of protests. Now, days from the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death, the apps’ creators have developed a means to outsmart the Islamic Republic and allow citizens to keep accessing the open internet.”
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