Security News > 2020 > February > Tutanota cries 'censorship!' after secure email biz blocked – for real this time – in Russia

Fresh from last week's controversy with a US telco, German secure email biz Tutanota has declared today that the Russian authorities have pulled the plug on its services.

In a statement announcing the block, Tutanota co-founder Matthias Pfau lamented the spread of "Censorship" online.

"We condemn the blocking of Tutanota. It is a form of censorship of Russian citizens who are now deprived of yet another secure communication channel online. At Tutanota we fight for our users' right to privacy online and particularly, in authoritarian countries such as Russia and Egypt."

The block comes just days after American telco AT&T was accused of blocking the email provider under murky circumstances, though an AT&T spokesman denied there was "Any blocking" and put it down to a technical glitch.

Tutanota joins fellow Western email provider ProtonMail in Vladimir Putin's internet naughty corner.

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