<s>
Lantern	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	O
internet	B-Application
censorship	I-Application
circumvention	I-Application
tool	O
that	O
operates	O
in	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
extreme	O
censorship	O
environments	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
China	O
,	O
Iran	O
,	O
and	O
Russia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
an	O
anonymity	O
tool	O
like	O
Tor	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
versions	O
of	O
Lantern	B-Language
allowed	O
users	O
in	O
countries	O
having	O
free	O
internet	O
access	O
to	O
share	O
their	O
internet	O
connection	O
with	O
those	O
who	O
are	O
in	O
countries	O
where	O
the	O
network	O
is	O
partly	O
blocked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Network	O
connections	O
will	O
be	O
dispersed	O
between	O
multiple	O
computers	O
running	O
Lantern	B-Language
so	O
it	O
will	O
not	O
put	O
undue	O
stress	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
connection	O
or	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lantern	B-Language
's	O
CEO	O
and	O
lead	O
developer	O
is	O
Adam	O
Fisk	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
lead	O
engineer	O
of	O
LimeWire	B-Application
and	O
LittleShoot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
Lantern	B-Language
had	O
a	O
surge	O
of	O
Chinese	O
users	O
and	O
could	O
reach	O
from	O
200	O
users	O
to	O
10,000	O
users	O
in	O
just	O
two	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lantern	B-Language
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
and	O
continually	O
changing	O
set	O
of	O
data	O
centers	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
versions	O
,	O
Lantern	B-Language
's	O
framework	O
required	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Talk	I-Application
for	O
users	O
to	O
invite	O
other	O
trusted	O
users	O
from	O
their	O
Google	B-Application
Talk	I-Application
contacts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
raised	O
some	O
concerns	O
about	O
the	O
privacy	O
of	O
users	O
,	O
though	O
Fisk	O
has	O
said	O
the	O
State	O
Department	O
is	O
"	O
incredibly	O
hands	O
off	O
"	O
and	O
never	O
dictates	O
how	O
they	O
should	O
write	O
Lantern	B-Language
,	O
or	O
how	O
they	O
should	O
talk	O
about	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Per	O
on	O
their	O
website	O
Lantern	B-Language
servers	O
do	O
not	O
and	O
will	O
never	O
log	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
Guangdong	O
police	O
had	O
imposed	O
penalties	O
on	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Interim	O
Provisions	O
on	O
the	O
Administration	O
of	O
the	O
International	O
Network	O
of	O
Computer	O
Information	O
Network	O
of	O
the	O
People	O
's	O
Republic	O
of	O
China	O
"	O
for	O
a	O
Lantern	B-Language
user	O
to	O
"	O
create	O
and	O
use	O
illegal	O
channels	O
for	O
international	O
networking.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
of	O
2022	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
Russian	O
users	O
were	O
employing	O
Lantern	B-Language
to	O
bypass	O
censorship	O
measures	O
put	O
in	O
place	O
by	O
the	O
Russian	O
government	O
.	O
</s>
