Opera has become Kazakhstan‘s most popular web browser in the country, because it allows users to bypass internet censorship. According to Web Analytics firm StatCounter, the browser increased its market share to 32 per cent in March. Last year, Kazakhstan introduced a law allowing local courts to block access to web sites whose content has been deemed “illegal”. The new edition of Opera introduced last year, Opera 10, allows users to view otherwise inaccessible web pages using its Opera Turbo feature designed to speed up browsing over slow connections.
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