As Russia blocked access to Meta Platforms Inc.’s major social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, demand from Internet users for tools to ease restrictions skyrocketed, data from a surveillance firm showed.
Instagram Access Russia Deducted from Monday in response to meta Last week’s decision to allow social media users Ukraine For posting messages like “Death of the Russian invaders”. Facebook What Moscow said was already banned, there was a ban on access to Russian media.
on the eve of Instagram banDemand for virtual private networks (VPNs) that encrypt data is fuzzy where users exceed daily average demand by 2,088 percent in mid-February, data from surveillance firm Top10VPN showed.
Russia has been the target of unprecedented Western sanctions over its actions in Ukraine and struggles to control the flow of information, slowing traffic to foreign social media firms and Facebook and Facebook. instagramoutright ban.
There was already a growing demand for VPNs in the region as Russian and Ukrainian websites became victims of cyber attacks.
Russia banned several VPNs last year, but has failed to block them outright, as part of a widespread campaign that critics say stifles internet freedom.
Data analysis of over 6,000 entries in Top10VPN’s Central Registry of Russia’s Blocked Websites found that 203 news sites and 97 forex and crypto sites are currently blocked in Russia.
State communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Monday that there has been a sharp increase in the number of cyber attacks against the Russian government’s IT systems and infrastructure since February 24.
It warned criminals that cyber attacks could have criminal consequences.
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