Certain VPN services that the expert commission has determined pose a threat to Internet security will be blocked in the Russian Federation. This was reported by RIA NewsReferring to a statement from the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media received by the agency.
“Filtering of specific VPN services and VPN protocols can be performed, <...> It has been identified as a threat,” the ministry said.
According to the Ministry of Digital Development, the existence or absence of danger will be determined by the decision of the expert commission specified in paragraph 10 of the rules.
According to the document, restricting access to information on the network, access to which is prohibited by law, is defined as a threat to the security of the operation of the World Wide Web.
Senator Artem Sheikin, formerly Deputy Chairman of the Council for the Development of the Digital Economy under the Federation Council appealed To Roskomnadzor with a request to block more than 50 VPN services in Russia.
Previously Khinshtein to put Beware of VPN bans in Russia.
Source: Gazeta
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