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Have you heard that Russia is going to ban VPNs and Tor.

The Russian government has decried Tor as a haven for child pornography and illicit content, spurred on by the development of the Silk Road and other darknet-hosted websites. Claims that 80% of Tor traffic related to child pornography made headlines last year, but that statement referred specifically to Tor’s hidden services. Those services account for just 1.5% of the total traffic that Tor carries. The government may still be smarting after last year, when activists used Tor to organize protests after Roskomnadzor blocked a Facebook page calling for a rally on January 15, 2014 to support Alexei Navalny, a noted critic of Vladimir Putin. Another anti-Putin protest is reportedly scheduled for March 1, which could be part of the reason why the government is advancing plans to further restrict access to VPNs and anonymizing networks.

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