[mrighele]

In sone countries twitter et al are the best way to get information that is not directly controlled by the government. They are imperfect (accounts banned, state funded troll farms etc) but still better than the alternatives

[hackermailman]

Like finding out the new official domain, since it is constantly changing, most countries don't directly block facebook/twitter so you can use it for official communications, many scam domains masquerading as sci-hub trying to get you to install malware browser plugins. There's also a Telegram bot https://telegram.me/scihubot assuming your country hasn't blocked Telegram (China).