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How Turkmenistan turned censorship into a lucrative extortion scheme by intentionally restricting internet access in order to sell its own VPNs to citizens

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Tor Blog: How Turkmenistan turned censorship into a lucrative extortion scheme by intentionally restricting internet access in order to sell its own VPNs to citizens  —  In July 2021, a sudden drop in Tor usage in Turkmenistan called our attention.  Tor would come to understand that this marked …
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Techmeme broke the news in California, United States on Saturday, August 30, 2025.
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