{"root":{"url":"en/news/2021/12/07/russia-s-federal-censor-officially-threatens-to-block-tor-browser","document_type":"news","pushed":false,"full":true,"share_image":"/imgly/share/1638900963/en/news/2021/12/07/russia-s-federal-censor-officially-threatens-to-block-tor-browser","share_title":null,"source":{"url":"https://roskomsvoboda.org/post/torproject-zablochat/","trust":0,"name":"Roskomsvoboda","quote":""},"content":{"body":"\n           \u003cdiv class=\"Body\"\u003e\n             \u003cp\u003eRussia’s censorship agency (Roskomnadzor) has sent a notice to Tor, threatening to block the web browser unless it removes “prohibited information” from its landing page, \u003ca href=\"https://roskomsvoboda.org/post/torproject-zablochat/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ereported\u003c/a\u003e digital rights group Roskomsvoboda on Tuesday, December 7. \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Roskomnadzor was \u003ca href=\"https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/support/-/issues/40050#note_2764565\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epublished\u003c/a\u003e on GitLab on December 6, a few days after Russian Tor users first reported problems accessing the browser.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe censorship agency has ordered Tor to delete unspecified “prohibited information” from the site torproject.org, which provides information about the browser, as well as download link.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe website torporject.org was added to Roskomnadzor’s \u003ca href=\"https://eais.rkn.gov.ru/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eregistry\u003c/a\u003e of sites that contain “prohibited information” following a \u003ca href=\"https://saratovsky--sar.sudrf.ru/modules.php?name=sud_delo\u0026amp;srv_num=1\u0026amp;name_op=doc\u0026amp;number=19103265\u0026amp;delo_id=1540005\u0026amp;new=\u0026amp;text_number=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ecourt ruling\u003c/a\u003e in 2017. However, the court ruling didn’t restrict access to the site.\u003c/p\u003e\n           \u003c/div\u003e\n\n           \n                     \u003cdiv class=\"Context\"\u003e\n            \u003cdiv class=\"Context-item\"\u003eTor users in Russia began \u003ca href=\"https://meduza.io/news/2021/12/03/zhiteli-rossii-pozhalovalis-na-blokirovku-tor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eexperiencing\u003c/a\u003e problems accessing the browser on December 3. According to the RuNet monitoring project \u003ca href=\"https://t.me/globalcheck/34\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGlobalCheck\u003c/a\u003e, Tor is being blocked using Internet-isolation equipment. \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Context-item\"\u003eOn December 6, lawmaker Anton Gorelkin, the chairman of the State Duma’s Information Policy Committee, \u003ca href=\"https://t.me/webstrangler/1759\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esaid\u003c/a\u003e that he saw no alternative to blocking Tor, alleging that the browser’s main purpose is to enable access to the Darkweb, mainly to buy illegal drugs.\u003c/div\u003e\n          \u003c/div\u003e\n\n           \u003cdiv class='MaterialNote'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n         ","layout_url":"layouts/20"},"with_banners":true,"description":"Russia’s censorship agency (Roskomnadzor) has sent a notice to Tor, threatening to block the web browser unless it removes “prohibited information” from its landing page, reported digital rights group Roskomsvoboda on Tuesday, December 7. ","prefs":{"inner":{"layout":"simple","elements":{"image":{"show":false},"tag":{"name":"news","path":"","show":false},"ads":{"show":true},"reactions":{"show":true}}},"outer":{"layout":"simple","elements":{"image":{"show":false},"tag":{"name":"news","path":"","show":false}}}},"version":1,"title":"Russia’s federal censor officially threatens to block Tor browser","modified_at":1638900963,"published_at":1638900963,"pub_date":"2021-12-07","tag":{"name":"news","path":""},"footer":{"caption":null,"credit":null}},"documents":{}}