China and Russia target VPN apps as 'Emoji Movie' triumphs (Tech Today)
China and Russia target VPN apps as 'Emoji Movie' triumphs (Tech Today)
2017-07-31
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Apple has removed some VPN apps from its
China App Store because developers had
not obtained the correct licenses from
China's Ministry of Industry and
information technology China is clamping
down on the use of virtual private
networks which enable people to get
around the country's infamous Great
Firewall to access banned sites such as
Facebook
similarly in Russia President Vladimir
Putin has signed a law prohibiting the
use of VPNs and anonymizes reuters
reported on Sunday
officials say the ban is not intended to
restrict law-abiding russian citizens
but is meant only to block access to
unlawful content the ban is due to come
into force on November 1st and finally
despite negative reception from critics
the emoji movie made 25 point seven
million dollars in the US on its opening
weekend with scores hovering below 10
percent on Rotten Tomatoes since Friday
the animated story of the inner workings
of a boy's phone charted at number two
behind war movie Dunkirk
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