With a click of a button, users in Iran and China - where DW is blocked - can access DW content by activating the Proxy setting in the app. Since 2020, Psiphon software has been integrated into the DW app for iOS and Android and makes DW content available in countries with limited internet access. Accessing blocked DW content via the DW app DW now offers different means for users to utilize Psiphon technology to access content that has been censored. Psiphon offers apps and computer programs that offer different censorship-avoidance mechanisms and utilize a variety of servers, proxy servers and VPN technologies. In order to allow users in these countries access to DW and other blocked content, DW has been working with Psiphon, a commercial provider in Canada, to create censorship-bypass tools for the needs of free media. Countries are increasingly blocking access to news sites like DW that provide reliable information and social media platforms that foster dialogue. One of the growing threats to these tenets is internet censorship.

One of the main missions of DW is to advocate for freedom of expression and free access to information around the world.

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