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How can I use social media anonymously? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 21 hours ago by ConsistentParadox@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Let's say I live under an oppressive regime (don't we all?) How can I use social media anonymously, so I don't face reprisals from the government?

Mastodon, Lemmy, Reddit and other social media platforms restrict users who connect through TOR or a VPN.

Is there any way I can create an account on these services and use them anonymously?

Thanks in advance for any information and advice you can provide.

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[–] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Mastodon, Lemmy, Reddit and other social media platforms restrict users who connect through TOR or a VPN

That's not network-wide, each Lemmy/Mastadon instance can do their own thing in regards to Tor or VPN. Find an instance that allows that or run your own.

Not sure if Reddit changed recently but I just tested logging in/out of an old Reddit account via Tor and it worked fine. But I mostly avoid Reddit nowadays so can't be sure my posts/comments would work there. Also note their Tor site still works most of the time, you can actually view Reddit that way if you wanted https://old.reddittorjg6rue252oqsxryoxengawnmo46qy4kyii5wtqnwfj4ooad.onion/

(posting this comment via Tor)

[–] ConsistentParadox@lemmy.ml 4 points 14 hours ago

Fair enough, I only tried the big instances. I will try lemmy.org as another user suggested.

I had tried making a Reddit account through Mullvad recently, but it shadowbanned me. Same through TOR. Unfortunately some communities I want to participate in are concentrated over there.