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ProtonVPN: Site Blocking Is an Attack on Users' Online Freedom. (torrentfreak.com)
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In France, rightsholders have taken legal action to get large VPN providers on board with their pirate site blocking program. The aim is to prevent circumvention of existing blocking measures in place to reduce widespread copyright infringement. From the VPN provider's perspective, site blocking threatens online freedom. Swiss provider ProtonVPN describes blocking as 'a dangerous attack on Internet freedom on the altar of corporate greed'.

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[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 67 points 1 week ago (3 children)

FK France. I love the country, but I hate how the government of France is against freedom and privacy. France has also the most Internet restrictions in place of all EU countries.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Weirdly OG freedom enjoyers don't appreciate digital freedom?

And they are pushing this to protect "property" rights of some parasites?

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ironically, pirating is also largely ignored (unless things have changed in last couple of years) due to politicians inability to understand, and therefore, "regulate", the internet

[–] badwetter@kbin.melroy.org -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And then what they did to Telegram. One can't trust that platform anymore, since the spooks have been given the keys to the kingdom.

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 week ago

Fact! If the telegram ceo didn't gave the keys, he was still in prison now in France.