Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, has signed a new law that puts a ban on all VPN services in the country as of November 1st, 2017. The law could prevent Russians from accessing content that portrays Vladimir Putin in a negative light. This is particularly important, given Russia’s presidential elections are coming up in March of next year. The Russian president also went on to sign another bill into law requiring chat applications to identify users through their phone numbers. Whether it’s Whatsapp or Viber, no application will be able to bypass this requirement if they wish to continue operating in the country. The law goes into effect starting January 1st, 2018.
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