Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Anton Gorelkin said that Wikipedia could be blocked in Russia.
Reason: new VPN polar population law. The online encyclopedia has an article devoted to both the system itself and ways to bypass blocking. As Gorelkin notes, the service “strongly recommends that users use the application.”
There is a legal basis for blocking Wikipedia; all that remains is to ensure that this does not cause severe discomfort among users. In fact, all the valuable information available on this resource has already been duplicated, presented in accordance with encyclopedic standards and posted on the Runet: on the portal “BRE”, “Ruviki” and “Runiversis”. All that remains is to make sure that following a link to a Wikipedia article, the user is offered to open its secure version on one of the Russian servers.
— Anton Gorelkin
Due to the great innovation of the site, the issue of blocking may be delayed.
Source: Iphones RU
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