Roskomnadzor demanded that the Tor anonymous access service remove prohibited information, otherwise it will be blocked. Users began to complain about problems with access to the service in early December.

A standard letter from the regulator was published on the GitLab portal - judging by the forum, Hetzner hosting marked it as spam. attention to this drew The Roskomsvoboda project . It follows from the text that if the hosting provider or site owner does not remove the prohibited information, Tor will be included in the unified registry of blocked resources.

What information Roskomnadzor demanded to be removed is not specified. There is only one mention in its register for 2017 - the decision to block was made by the Saratov District Court in the village of Dubki. It was about "information with the help of which users get access to downloading an anonymizing browser program for subsequent visits to sites that host materials included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials."

Tor is an open service that allows you to bypass blocking sites and establish an anonymous network connection. In early December, users and IT experts reported problems accessing Tor. Messages came from Moscow and other regions.

A letter from Roskomnadzor about blocking Tor appeared online