Russia: Roskomnadzor bans use of six VPN services
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Roskomnadzor bans use of six VPN services
On 2 September 2021, Roskomnadzor, the Russian mass media regulator, announced that it had banned the use of six VPN services that can be used to access content classed as illegal within the Russian Federation. The affected VPN services are Hola! VPN, ExpressVPN, KeepSolid VPN Unlimited, Nord VPN, Speedify VPN, and IPVanish VPN. 'White lists' have been created to register legitimate users of VPN services, whose IP addresses will not be blocked. Earlier in the year, in June 2021, Roskomnadzor had already issued restrictions for two VPN service providers.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2021-06-17
adopted
2021-09-02
adopted