Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request

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Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request
theintercept.com
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The Intercept verified that all four add-ons are blocked in Russia. If the webpage for the add-on is accessed from a Russian IP address, the Mozilla add-on page displays a message: “The page you tried to access is not available in your region.” If the add-on is accessed with an IP address outside of Russia, the add-on page loads successfully.

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