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Search and be fined. New Russian law targets VPN usage and mere access (!) to “extremist” content

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Search and be fined. New Russian law targets VPN usage and mere access (!) to “extremist” content

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Russia’s State Duma has advanced new legislation that would introduce fines for searching prohibited material online, including when using VPNs. Until now, even amid sweeping crack...

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Good reminder to have https://snowflake.torproject.org/ ready.

And run a node, if you can! It’s just an extension, and shouldn’t cause any trouble (since it’s a middle node, IIRC).

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