Moskiewski sąd odrzuca wyjaśnienia ze strony twórców komunikatora Delta Chat. „Nie możemy przekazać danych, których nie mamy” – twierdzą twórcy

Delta Chat, który jest szyfrowanym komunikatorem opartym o e-maila, przegrał proces w moskiewskim sądzie, ponieważ nie przekazał danych żądanych przez Roskomnadzor — których z kolei twórcy Delta Chatu nie posiadali.

https://kontrabanda.net/r/moskiewski-sad-odrzuca-wyjasnienia-ze-strony-tworcow-komunikatora-delta-chat-nie-mozemy-przekazac-danych-ktorych-nie-mamy-twierdza-tworcy/

More than have the population of #Russia will be without internet tomorrow as a precaution to protect #Putin's May 9th propaganda parade.

"Mobile Internet will be disconnected tomorrow in the entire European part of Russia.

This decision was made by #Roskomnadzor at the request of the Security Council. The communication block will be in effect on 60% of the country's territory. "This is an unprecedented case in the history of Russia," IT experts confirm."

Ruští majitelé Telegram kanálů se musí registrovat do státních seznamů

https://infoek.cz/rusti-majitele-telegram-kanalu-se-musi-registrovat-do-statnich-seznamu-2025/

Advertising Banned on All Sites Blocked in Russia Starting September

https://torrentfreak.com/advertising-banned-on-all-sites-blocked-in-russia-starting-september-250402/

#SiteBlocking #Roskomnadzor #siteblocking #Anti-Piracy #Advertising #piratesites #instagram #facebook #russia

Russian disinformation used as a weapon: “#Roskomnadzor” (the Russian government agency for information supervision) held a competition to train its employees in Osint.

The list is complemented by the study of «information warfare strategies and tactics». [...] the tasks and objectives of hybrid warfare are entrusted directly and openly to state agencies.

https://laragione.eu/esteri/disinformazione-russa-usata-come-arma/ #ruzzia #osint #disinformation

#YouTube traffic in #Russia has collapsed to 20% of the normal state.

Russia's #Roskomnadzor began slowing down YouTube in July, citing technical problems allegedly caused by deteriorating #Google servers, which Google quickly denied.

https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2024/12/23/youtube-de-fakto-zablokirovan-vrf-podannim-google-rossiiskii-trafik-videoservisa-ruhnul-donovogo-minimuma-a151190

You might've heard about Roskomnadzor demanding Delta Chat to comply with their nonsensical surveillance requirements.

Now they want the same from @element:
https://reestr.rublacklist.net/en/disseminator/109863

You probably think this is absurd, how can anyone require a Matrix client to spy on their users? You are right, but Russian laws are absurd and independent courts do not exist here

One thing that @torproject is missing is a way to check availability and reachability of #Bridges with a simple tool.

• This is kinda vital as I do occasionally setup private #bridges and also want to enshure the private #TorBridges list I have is up to date.

Manually adding/removing one #bridge after the other in #TorBrowser and see if those connect is a relatively inefficient process and merely pinging them isn't viable either, espechally on #meek, #obfs4 and #snowflake type bridges.

• Now to make the obvious clear: I'd NEVER publicly list any #TorBridge on my lists.d repo obviously, because that would only harm #Tor...

I'm not even asking for like a fancy tool that is as clean as @micahflee 's #OnionShare but merely a #CLI thing (if necessary I'd build some #bash script) to automatically attempt to connect to said bridge and either spit out an ok or error.

• Something one can just feed with a text file and that'll spit out a different file with ok/working bridges and/or discards the non-working ones from the list.

And yes, this tool is kinda crucial as I want to quickly sift through a load of bridges that work on restricted ports (22, 80, 443) and thus can bypass the #GreatFirewall and #Roskomnadzor filtering...

• So people fleeing can at least safely communicate.

If anyone at #TorProject needs more details, I'll gladly exchange them in a secure manner.

• I also applied for a #gitlab account so I can help improve #documentation (ideally with some nice step-by-step screenshots so even "#TechIlliterates" can i.e. add a #bridge)...

Roskomnadzor tried getting @Bellingcat removed from #Mastodon

https://stux.me/roskomnadzor-tried-getting-bellingcat-removed-from-mastodon/

#Roskomnadzor blocked messenger service #Viber in #Russia in new crackdown on free speech. The censorship agency continues silencing services that let users share unchecked content about #war in #Ukraine. #news #ukrainewar #fsb #meta #whatsapp #russian @viber
https://www.news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13430

#Russia's #Roskomnadzor blocked access to the Viber messenger due to “non-compliance with legal requirements.”

https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2024/12/13/v-rossii-zablokirovali-viber-a150520

"#Russia Tests Cutting Off Access to Global Web, and #VPNs Can't Get Around It"

https://www.pcmag.com/news/russia-tests-cutting-off-access-to-global-web-and-vpns-cant-get-around

Now that it has lost #Syria, #Russia is preparing for #revolution following it home

"#Roskomnadzor blocked residents in #Dagestan, #Chechnya, and #Ingushetia, which have majority-#Muslim populations, #ISW says... People in those areas couldn't access #Google, #YouTube, #Telegram, #WhatsApp, or other foreign websites or apps—even if they used #VPN s, according to a local #Russian news site"

Apple continua a conformarsi alle leggi locali rimuovendo le app di RadioFreeEurope Radio Liberty in Russia Dopo aver lasciato il mercato come rivenditore e provider di pagamenti, Apple risponde alle richieste di Roskomnadzor per evitare la chiusura dell’App Store #Apple #AppStore #Russia #Roskomnadzor #Tecnologia #Concorrenza #Censura

Seems like blocking #Cloudflare's #ECH was not enough for #Roskomnadzor's clowns.

In addition, I cannot access the following sites I regularly use, even with DPI bypassing software:

• https://wetdry.world
• https://matrix.beeper.com/_matrix/client/versions
• https://tilde.institute

I can confirm it's not broken just for me with GlobalCheck (https://globalcheck.net/en/).

What's in common? They are all hosted on #Hetzner.

#Russia already blocked Hetzner, #OVH and #Linode earlier this year for a short period. They do this kind of "testing" from time to time.

https://www.voanews.com/a/experts-apple-s-removal-of-news-apps-in-russia-sets-dangerous-precedent-/7840309.html

In a blow to free expression, #Apple has removed two news apps, including one from #RadioFreeEurope #RadioLiberty #RFE/RL, from its app store in #Russia — once again bowing to #Roskomnadzor, the country’s #censorship agency.