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Chiara Castro

UNCOVERED: Russia passes law against vpn usage and extremist content search - Caught on Camera

Shape of Russia filled with Russian flag-colored internet codes on a black hacking background.
  • Russian Parliament passed a law to punish online searches for so-called 'extremist' content
  • The law also adds new penalties for VPN users, making its usage to access extremist content a crime as an aggravating factor
  • WhatsApp is the latest app set to be banned in Russia

People in Russia are set to face new fines for "searching for or accessing knowingly extremist materials," including through VPN services.

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