Russia's digital rights group, RKS Global, urges removing the MAX app from any device where a VPN is used, warning that other VK-developed apps are likely to include such functionality.

Australia's longest-running digital rights group, Electronic Frontiers Australia, warns that "extraordinary privacy, security, and online safety risks" will arise if access to VPNs is restricted.

Australia’s new mandatory age verification rules for adult content have triggered a surge in VPN downloads. With lawmakers in the UK and elsewhere now considering restrictions on these privacy tools to prevent circumvention, we look at whether Australia is likely to follow suit

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