Russia blocks privacy service Tor, ratcheting up internet control


FILE PHOTO The logo of Russias state communications regulator Roskomnadzor is reflected in a laptop screen in this picture illustration taken February 12 2019. REUTERSMaxim Shemetov

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Russia's state communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, is reflected in a laptop screen in this picture illustration taken February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia stepped up state oversight of internet activity on Wednesday by blocking the website of global privacy service Tor and part of its wider network, with the communications regulator accusing it of enabling access to illegal content.

Russia has exerted increasing pressure on foreign tech companies this year over content shared on their platforms and has also targeted virtual private networks (VPN) and other online tools in a campaign critics say stifles internet freedom.

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