Roskomnadzor will issue an order according to which, starting in March 2024, VPN services will be blocked in all application stores, including the Play Market and App Store, if they provide citizens with access to blocked resources.
“As of March 1, 2024, an order will come into effect according to which Roskomnadzor will block VPN services that provide access to sites prohibited in Russia in all markets,” said the deputy chairman of the Council for the Development of the Digital Economy. under the Federation Council, Senator Artem Sheikin (quote according to RIA Novosti).
According to him, the order will also affect VPN services that provide access to Instagram, which is banned in Russia (the Meta company and its Facebook and Instagram members are recognized as extremist organizations whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation).
Sheikin considers it “particularly important” to limit Russians’ access to Meta products (recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).
As previously reported, amid the lockdown, VPN services took up a third of the top downloaded apps on iOS in Russia.
Roskomnadzor has already blocked VPN generator, Lantern, Windscribe, Tachyon, Betternet, Cloudflare, Urban VPN, Amnezia, PIA, Proton, Openvpn connect, Planet, iVPN, Xeovo, Surfshark, Tunnelbear, P4PN and other VPN services.
Author:
Anastasia Marina
Source: RB
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