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July 31st, 2017 
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nsnbc : Russian President Vladimir Putin signed amendments to existing legislation, further strengthening State-control over the Internet. The amendments further restrict access to blocked sites and further infringe on privacy by banning VPNs.
The amendments signed by President Vladimir Putin will come into effect on November 1. The amendments outlaw Internet proxy services, VPNs, which allow users to gain access to websites that have been blocked, and which allow users to surfe the Internet without compromising the users’ privacy.
The law will also require online messaging services to link users with their telephone numbers and to block users allegedly engaged in “disseminating illegal information”.
On July 20 Leonid Levin, head of the State Duma (parliament) Committee of Information Policy said “there will be no fines or punishment for users”. he said sanctions and fines would only be imposed on messenger operators.
Weaseling his way out of a confrontation with the fact that the measures in an on themselves are “sanctions imposed on users” Levin claimed the law is merely aimed to block illegal content and that there is no wish to impose sanctions on law-abiding citizens.
Putin signed the amendments to the law on Information, Information Technology, and Protection of Information, which was adopted by the State Duma on July 21 and approved by the Federation Council (upper house of parliament) on July 25.
Earlier this month Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report stressing that Russian authorities have clamped down on internet freedom and introduced invasive surveillance online under the pretext of fighting terrorism. The HRW report also criticized Russian authorities for unjustly imprisoning dozens of people based on their activity online and for introducing new laws that “restrict access to information, carry out unchecked surveillance and censor information the government designates as ‘extremist.’”
CH/L – nsnbc 31.07.2017
Source Article from https://nsnbc.me/2017/07/31/russia-continues-restricting-internet-freedom-and-privacy-now-bans-vpns/
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