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Evading Web Censorship Is Getting Harder in Russia and China

July 31, 2017

When authoritarian states block websites, most people use a virtual private network to circumvent the restrictions. But that’s getting harder. Russia has announced that it will ban the use of VPNs, calling it a way to police unlawful content rather than a restriction for law-abiding citizens. Meanwhile, Apple has bowed to new Chinese restrictions, which demand that developers offering VPNs must obtain a government license, and removed such software from its App Store in China.

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