Russia Cracks Down on ‘Anonymous Darknet Networks’ Like TON and Tor

Cointelegraph

Published Mar 11, 2020 10:31PM ET

Updated Mar 12, 2020 12:20AM ET

The Russian communications watchdog has launched an offensive on censorship resistant platforms, including the Telegram Open Network (TON) and privacy browser Tor.

Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media — better known as Roskomnadzor — published a notice on March 3 seeking to engage contractors to research and block “anonymous darknet networks” hosting content deemed “extremist” or “restricted”.

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