Initially illegal content was the main focus of Russian Online censorship but now it seems to target services that run counter to Vladimir Putin’s goals. Restrictions are constantly increasing for online access in Russia. An internet blacklist was set up to stop anything that violates the “established order” from 2012. Also officials from Russia have started working with members behind China’s ‘Great Firewall’ which is also famous for banning services. This in turn resulted in a huge number of online services getting banned in Russia.
Few prominent services that have been blocked in Russia.
Telegram
Telegram has recently been banned by Russia’s media watchdog, Roskomnadzor. Telegram is a mobile messagin app and it has over 200 million users worldwide. Such an app has been blocked as it didn’t give access to its encrypted messages to the Russian government. This leads Russians to join ICQ that us the rival app, that is an instant messaging app connected to Alisher Usmanov a Putin loyalist.
Vladimir Putin has introduced a legislation three years ago that demanded all organisations that are holding data of Russian citizens to be stored within domestic borders. This ruling caused LinkedIn to get blocked in 2016. LinkedIn gained access in the Chinese market which means it can also comply with Russia’s regulations as well.
VPNs
VPNs provide excellent options in uplifting censorship. So, Russian government has started taking preventive measures to block this loophole as well. Telegram has been blocked by Russian government as it was not giving access to its encrypted messages. A law has been placed in November 2017 that prohibits online services that help users to access banned sites. Although it does not include all VPNs, it strives to make Russia more authoritarian like China.
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