It’s a slippery slope. Soon they will make doing illegal things a crime.
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RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Oh. Making something illegal illegal again? That’ll be effective.
Agent641@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
dellish@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
But not if they’re the ones doing the illegal stuff, apparently.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Brb connecting to a Chinese VPN so I can access content outside of the US Firewall.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
They could take it a step further and threaten penalties for doing illegal things.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’ll be super duper illegal
hansolo@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
If you read the bill, heavily sponsored by the MPA, part of it is about forcing ISPs (and presumably US based VPNs) to block the DNS/URLs of “foreign criminal” sites.
It’s laying the groundwork for a Great American Firewall.
Krompus@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Freedomwall
SilentKnightOwl@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
Wouldn’t be the first wall he put up in the name of freedom
Agent641@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If you use a US-based VPN, you fucked up yourself.
Eyedust@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Viva la Mullvad. I was sick of being bullied into buying more to get a deal. It may not be the cheapest, but I love that it’s the same price across the board.
Plus, the only way you’re going to get anything cheaper is by locking into a 1-3 year plan when you may not even need it every month.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
I’m locked into ExpressVPN for a year but I was thinking about switching to Mullvad shortly. ExpessVPN isn’t bad but being in the British Virgin Islands does give me a bit of anxiety.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
So many long games are being played now, it’s like everything is laying groundwork for something else. Would be nice for laws to just do what they do.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
DoH!