Comment on Russia starts blocking VPN at the protocol (WireGuard, OpenVPN) level

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Axiochus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I see! So, to quote the sources you provided:

“Despite widespread speculation, the law does not directly ban the operation of VPNs and anonymisers. However, it does restrict access to banned websites with the help of these tools.”

I.e. the VPN providers themselves are not illegal, though the VPN providers technically have to not allow users to access content listed by rospotrebnadzor. That’s responsibility on the side of the providers, not a ban on use. Practically speaking it still is attempting to censor content, but neither of the three sources claim that VPN use is illegal in Russia.

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