Moscow: Russia increases the monitoring of the state of the internet activity on Wednesday by blocking the TOR privacy service site, with the accusing communication regulator allowing access to illegal content.
Regulator, Roskomnadzor, said www.torproject.org The site has been banned on the basis of court decisions.
“The reason for this is the placement of information on this site that allows the operation of tools that provide access to legal violations,” Roskomnadzor said in a statement.
“Today, access to resources has been restricted.” Tor did not immediately respond to Reuters requests to comment.
Reuters is verified that the Tor site is inaccessible.
There is limited access to the Tor browser and other elements of the Tor infrastructure.
The Tor Anonymity network is used to hide the computer IP address to hide the identity of internet users.
Russia has tried to block at least 14 VPNs this year, but some services are still operating.
Foreign technology companies have been under increased pressure on shared content on their platforms, along with their demands establishing offices in Russian land, but Russia has also targeted virtual personal networks (VPN), in the critic campaign, said the freedom of the internet.