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Chiara Castro

China and Iran top new VPN censoring list – here's how you can beat the bans

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If you thought yesterday's VPN news coming from Russia was bad – Apple reportedly removed at least four of the best VPN services from its app store on July 4, 2024, with more services expected to disappear in the coming days – you should know that the Kremlin isn't the most active when it comes to app removal.  

A recent study on the availability of 50 popular VPN apps worldwide across both Google and Apple app stores found that the gold medal in blocking applications goes, once again, to China. Researchers at the App Censorship Project found no sight of VPN apps on Apple's App Store in China, the only one of the two platforms available in the country.

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