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Paywall removal sites mysteriously redirect to Kremlin-controlled media outlet

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The ScoopThree well-known sites that help users avoid paywalls mysteriously redirected users to Russian state-controlled international media outlet RT’s website for at least five days as of Tuesday, with one — archive.is — still sending users to RT as of Wednesday.The redirects appear to be erratic but widespread, according to Semafor’s own experimentation with the sites and dozens of complaints posted to online forums including Reddit. In Semaf…

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Paywall removal sites mysteriously redirect to Kremlin-controlled media outlet

The ScoopThree well-known sites that help users avoid paywalls mysteriously redirected users to Russian state-controlled international media outlet RT’s website for at least five days as of Tuesday, with one — archive.is — still sending users to RT as of Wednesday.The redirects appear to be erratic but widespread, according to Semafor’s own experimentation with the sites and dozens of complaints posted to online forums including Reddit. In Semaf…

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Users complain that three well-known sites that help avoid paywalls, including archive.is, redirected them to Russia's RT for at least five days as of Tuesday

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Semafor broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
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