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tl;dr Twitter builds site on Tor, Google buys Mandiant, CCI clears Amazon’s purchase, Gig app collects data for US Military, and more

Twitter introduces Tor version after getting blocked in Russia Twitter launched a privacy-protected version of its platform on March 8, which can be accessed on the Tor browser. This version is meant to bypass surveillance and censorship after Russia blocked access to Twitter in the country on March 4. While the regular version of Twitter was always accessible through the Tor network, its new .onion domain can only be accessed via a Tor network and browser. With the service now built on Tor, users can skip multiple CAPTCHA codes and are anonymised along with their web servers. Google Buys Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant in $5.4 Billion Deal Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc, announced that it will purchase cybersecurity firm Mandiant Inc for $5.4 billion in a move that could have a "ripple effect" as cloud rivals Microsoft and Amazon look to amp up their own positions in the fast-growing cybersecurity sector. The acquisition comes at a time when businesses are becoming increasingly wary of cyber threats amid the war between Russia and Ukraine. Google's recent buy could attract scrutiny from the US Justice Department's antitrust division. CCI clears Amazon's proposal to buy Catamaran's stake in Cloudtail parent Prione Amazon buying Catamaran Ventures' full 76% ownership in Prione Business Services, which houses Cloudtail, was approved by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on March 9. Amazon had asked the anti-trust regulator's approval to buy Catamaran's stake - the investment office of Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy – in Prione, ET reported.…

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