A couple of weeks ago we informed you of the new regulation on the internet that the Chinese government had just made official: block the country's VPN services, in order to control all the information that users in the country can access. Some days ago, the Chinese government also clipped WhatsApp's wings eliminating any option to visit web links sent through the messaging platform, as well as the possibility of receiving images or videos through the messaging platform. But it seems that China is not the only country obsessed in this regardAs Russia has also just announced that operators must block all VPN services currently available in the country.
In this way, all operators that offer Internet to their clients in the country are obliged to suspend access to all these types of services, either through a website or through an application for mobile devices. The Russian government's justification for is originated to prevent extremist terrorism propaganda in the country. This type of service is not only used to access content that is geographically blocked but is also widely used by many companies, hence in China large companies do not have this option limited, something that happens in Russia.
In recent years, Russia has changed from a country where freedoms were above all to become a country where control over the information that circulates on the Internet has become a problem for the government. But Russia and China are not the only ones, but obviously they are the most striking due to the large number of people affected by this type of measure.