{"id":44204,"date":"2024-07-04T12:46:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T16:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=44204"},"modified":"2024-07-04T13:03:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T17:03:03","slug":"russia-orders-apple-to-remove-vpns-from-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/russia-orders-apple-to-remove-vpns-from-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple removes VPN apps from Russian App Store at Russia&#8217;s request"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Apple has removed 25 VPN services from the App Store in Russia at the request of the Russian government, part of a growing crackdown on services which help people get around online restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Communications regulator Roskomnadzor said Apple complied with orders to remove 25 apps, which Russian media said includes NordVPN, Proton VPN, Red Shield VPN, Le VPN, Planet VPN, Hidemy.name VPN and PIA VPN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move is part of the Russian government&#8217;s crackdown on services which enable people to access censored news websites and apps such as Instagram and Facebook, both of which were banned after Meta was labeled an extremist organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are deeply convinced that our application has the mission of providing free access to information and improving the world,&#8221; Red Shield VPN said in a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/redshieldvpn.com\/en\/news\/70\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a>. &#8220;Apple&#8217;s actions, motivated by a desire to retain revenue from the Russian market, actively support an authoritarian regime. 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