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Country by country
Tor Project in each country we test
Blocked means every network we test there failed to open www.torproject.org, twice, while it opened elsewhere. “Turned away by the site” means Tor Project itself refused visitors from that country.
| Country | Result | Since | How it fails |
|---|---|---|---|
| BelarusBeltelecom and MTS Belarus | Blocked | 3 Oct 2026* | the secure connection stalls on Beltelecom and MTS Belarus |
| ChinaChina Unicom and China Mobile | Blocked | 30 Sep 2026* | the connection never completes on China Unicom and China Mobile |
| IranTwo connections | Blocked | 14 Oct 2026 | the name points to a private address on Pishgaman Toseeh Ertebatat and ArvanCloud |
| RussiaRostelecom and MTS | Blocked | 30 Sep 2026* | the secure connection stalls on Rostelecom and MTS |
| UAEEtisalat and du | Blocked | 30 Sep 2026* | the connection is cut on Etisalat |
| EgyptTwo connections | Blocked on some networks | 15 Oct 2026 | the connection is cut on Telecom Egypt |
| Saudi ArabiaTwo connections | Blocked on some networks | 2 Oct 2026* | the connection is cut on Wafai Net |
| AustraliaTelstra and Optus | Opens | ||
| BrazilClaro and Vivo | Opens | ||
| FranceOrange and Free | Opens | ||
| GermanyDeutsche Telekom and Vodafone | Opens | ||
| IndiaJio and Airtel | Opens | ||
| IndonesiaTelkom Indonesia and XL Axiata | Opens | ||
| ItalyTIM and Fastweb | Opens | ||
| MalaysiaTM Unifi and Maxis | Opens | ||
| NetherlandsKPN and Ziggo | Opens | ||
| PakistanPTCL and Nayatel | Opens | ||
| South KoreaKT and SK Broadband | Opens | ||
| SpainMovistar and Orange | Opens | ||
| ThailandAIS Fibre and TOT | Opens | ||
| TurkeyTürk Telekom and Turkcell Superonline | Opens | ||
| UKBT and Virgin Media | Opens | ||
| USComcast Xfinity and AT&T | Opens | ||
| VietnamViettel and FPT Telecom | Opens |
* First observed on this date: the block may be older. Older results are excluded from current totals.
Background
Where Tor Project is restricted, and why
Some Russian internet providers started blocking the Tor network on 1 December 2021, and within a week Roskomnadzor added torproject.org to its blocklist, enforcing a December 2017 ruling by a district court in Saratov. An appeal court overturned that ruling in May 2022 because the Tor Project hadn’t been summoned, but a court banned Tor again in July 2022, and in December 2022 Russia ordered Google to remove Tor Browser from its app store.
Besides the website, censors go after bridges, the unlisted entry points that let people join the Tor network when its public relays are blocked. In 2024 Russia targeted bridges and blocked hosting providers that ran them, and in June 2025 its censors began listing most of Tor’s WebTunnel bridges, as Russia moved further towards allowing only approved addresses.
Freedom House says Tor is blocked in China, and Wired described China in 2022 as the only country to have blocked it effectively; independent tests also found torproject.org blocked there in August 2026. In Iran, protests in October 2022 brought a surge in Tor use followed by a swift crackdown, and during the June 2025 war with Israel the internet was cut for a few days.
Belarus added “anonymous networks like Tor” to its list of restricted resources in February 2015, and Freedom House says Tor has been legally blocked since, though it stayed usable in practice through 2024; its use surged during the 2020 political crisis. Turkmenistan’s cybersecurity agency also blocks tools like Tor, Egypt was blocking torproject.org in 2018, and Venezuela blocked the Tor network, bridges included, in June 2018.
Key dates
- Russian censors begin listing most of Tor’s WebTunnel bridges, forcing the Tor Project to change how it hands them out.
- Protests in Iran bring a surge in Tor use, followed by a swift crackdown on the techniques that worked best.
- A Russian court bans Tor again, after the Tor Project’s website was briefly unblocked for about two weeks.
- Roskomnadzor adds torproject.org to Russia’s blocklist, a week after some providers began blocking the Tor network.
- Venezuela blocks access to the Tor network, including connections through bridges.
- Belarus adds anonymous networks such as Tor to its list of restricted internet resources.
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History
Changes for Tor Project
Tor Project is now blocked on some networks in Egypt
Tor Project is now blocked on every network we test in Iran
Tor Project is no longer blocked in Egypt
Tor Project is now blocked on only some networks in Iran
Tor Project is now blocked on every network we test in Egypt
Tor Project is now blocked on only some networks in Egypt
Tor Project is now blocked on every network we test in Egypt
Method
How we test
- Test machines on two big home-internet providers in each country open the homepage every day.
- A failure counts only when it happens twice on the same network, while the site opens from other countries.
- A change is published only after a re-check a few hours later, on several machines per provider, confirms it. It’s dated from the first sighting.
- Test machines caught getting around blocks, through a VPN or a filter-dodging tool, are set aside.
- We test websites over home broadband. Apps, calls and mobile networks can behave differently.
Questions
Tor Project blocks: questions
Which Countries Block Tor?
China and Russia above all: Wired said in 2022 that China had effectively blocked Tor, and Russia has blocked the Tor Project’s website since December 2021. Iran, Belarus and Turkmenistan also block Tor or its website, Egypt was blocking the site in 2018, and Venezuela blocked the network in 2018.
Why Did Russia Block Tor?
A 2017 law bans tools that let Russians reach blocked sites, which the BBC reported as a ban on VPNs and Tor. Roskomnadzor blocked the Tor Project’s website in December 2021 under a December 2017 Saratov court ruling; an appeal court overturned it in May 2022, but a court banned Tor again that July.
Is Tor Legal in Belarus?
Not officially. A February 2015 decree lets Belarus restrict “anonymous networks like Tor”, and Freedom House says Belarus has legally blocked VPNs and Tor since then, though they remained accessible in practice through 2024. Tor use surged during the 2020 political crisis.
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