- A 19-year-old resident of Kurgan, Russia, is facing charges for searching for and listening to a banned song online
- Authorities allege the teenager used a VPN to deliberately bypass local internet restrictions
- The charge falls under a controversial administrative law penalizing the search for "knowingly extremist" materials
The Russian government’s ongoing war against digital privacy has reached a chilling new milestone. A 19-year-old resident of the city of Kurgan is currently facing administrative charges for allegedly using a virtual private network (VPN) to search for and listen to a banned music track online.