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The legal case was then rejected, with the judge refusing to lift the blocking order.

HideMy.name still blocked in Russia

“Of course, we weren’t expecting a miracle.

Shape of Russia filled with Russian flag-colored code on a black hacking background

Failure refers to instances where the Open Observatory for Network Interference (OONI) was unable to automatically determine the cause of interference.

They then ordered that throw in of block accordingly.

At the same time, the VPN tunnelencrypts internet connectionsto offer better anonymity and privacy online.

However, the court did not help us deal with this,” Darbinyan explained.

VPN encrypting a flow of data

Failure refers to instances where the Open Observatory for Network Interference (OONI) was unable to automatically determine the cause of interference.

“Therefore, we cannot consider the court’s decision legal.

We are going to draw the attention of the Supreme Court to this.”

Darbinyan believes this order is then a way to ultimately scare off end users from engaging with HideMy.name products.

Top10VPN’s chart showing the most censorship methods used among countries that block access to VPN websites most frequently

Failure refers to instances where the Open Observatory for Network Interference (OONI) was unable to automatically determine the cause of interference.

Over the years, though, the fight intensified.

In response to the censorship Russians are adopting VPN really fast.

Commenting on this point, Darbinyan told me: “This process will not be quick.

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