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by shrvtv 1659 days ago
TL;DR: no, it is not misleading.

Roskomnadzor (government entity) sent an email to abuse@hetzner.com, saying that if Tor doesn't delete information prohibited in Russia or at least limit access to it from Russia (like Fastmail did when they got this email) it will get banned countrywide. Since there were no details provided about such «information» and where to find it AND Tor is unable to comply AND the fact that it is virtually impossible to connect to Tor from any mobile device; I conclude that is getting banned starting now.

I hope, really hope to be wrong, but right now it's a sad reality.

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> Since there were no details provided about such «information» and where to find it AND Tor is unable to comply

Is there a source to this? It reads like something too ridiculous to be true with no additional crucial details. Doesn't RKN have a public registry for "blocked" information, that everyone is supposed to pull from?

I now wonder how the Tor Project had reacted to similar precedents (probably didn't at all?)

It's a reality. Welcome to Russia