Comment on ProtonVPN: Site Blocking Is an Attack on Users' Online Freedom.
Xanza@lemm.ee 1 week agoIf a Government is able to successfully assert that companies within their borders must block access to content they find abhorrent, it’s only a matter of time before they’re convinced they can do it to ISPs, too.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 week ago
But what about companies outside their borders?
Xanza@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Won’t even matter. Like I said, if they convince themselves that they have the right to limit from within their borders it’s only a matter of time before they convince themselves that they can limit ISPs. Then you have precedence, and other countries will follow suit.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 week ago
That’s not exactly how jurisdiction works without a lot of international cooperation.
Plus we can just trade DNS entries or damn hosts files and they won’t know. The Pirate Bay is even still up.
The Internet was designed to withstand nuclear weapons. It’s not going down without a fight.
Xanza@lemm.ee 1 week ago
There is no jurisdiction. I’m speaking exclusively about France…
If France convinces themselves that they have the right to limit access to websites via VPN and other likewise software, it’s only a matter of time before they convince themselves that they have the right to limit access at the ISP level.
Then once precedence is set, other European countries will follow Frances’ example.
If you believe this statement to be accurate at all you’re not paying attention…