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Russia has banned VPNs capable of circumventing website blocking, and will require users of chat apps to have a phone number associated with their accounts:
Vladimir Putin has banned virtual private networks (VPNs) and Tor in a crackdown on apps that allow access to websites prohibited in Russia. The law, signed by Mr Putin, was passed by Russia's parliament last week and will now come into force on 1 November. A second law to ban anonymous use of online messaging services will take effect on 1 January next year.
It would make it easier for the state to snoop on citizens' browsing habits, one internet security expert suggested.
The laws signed by Mr Putin are meant only to block access to "unlawful content" and not target law-abiding web users, the head of the lower house of parliament said, according to the RIA news agency.
One feature of the second law is the provision to require internet operators to restrict users' access if they are found to be distributing illegal content.
Also at Engadget, ZDNet, RT, TechCrunch, and CNET.
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(Score: 0, Troll) by jmorris on Tuesday August 01 2017, @02:14AM (1 child)
Law One: SJWs Always Lie.
Whether that resolution actually criminalizes "blasphemy" or not, it it clear it established Islam as the State religion of Canada, i.e. the one you can't criticize. The criminal penalties will ramp up until people accept their new masters.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 01 2017, @12:58PM
Ya know, I should know better than to respond to jmorris, but calling a the interm leader of our right wing party a SJW is freaking hilarious.
The Conservative Party of Canada is on the moderate right for Canada (there are no significant parties right of them) and Ms. Ambrose is NOT a SJW. Probably one of the furthest from it.