I pick mad max. In the end, it will come down to oil.

UK already doing this to try to block 4chan. You can decide if that is a good or bad thing.

Am I the only one who read Rash?

...as opposed to the non-democratic worlds, which are already as fascist as you can get, right?

And ensure your VPN provider isn’t headquartered in the US (or better yet any five eyes nation) nor one of the ones owned by the Israeli Billionaire Teddy Sagi who likely also has deep ties to the Israeli and US governments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kape_Technologies

NextDNS is good and I just realised that it's based in The US. The alternative ones don't seem to provide the feature of granular filtering.

The only way to stop it is by severing all the cables and blowing up the infrastructure. They aren't prepared to do that.

They could also force ISPs to ban VPN IPs that don't comply with their piracy blocking rules, regardless of whether they're in the US.

This is the same party that are all for unregulated AI use and no consequences for breaking copyright to train it.

This bill's goal is to provide a standardized mechanism to filter sites then start blocking sites that state doesn't approve.

It's same as the other "think of the children" bills of the party that is protecting pedophiles.

I'm a bit surprised they've gone with piracy as an excuse - usually it's "Think of the children!" Maybe they've finally figured out that we already know that republicans are thinking of (molesting) the children so they've fallen back on "You wouldn't download a car".

• ISPs leverage DNS blocking to censor

And blocking the IP address of the site in question, as well. That’s why so many “illegal” sites jump around IP addresses like a flea on a hot griddle. They’re trying to remain accessible whenever the ISP prevents direct access.

Because if you block the IP address, blocking DNS is superfluous and performative -- it’s just window dressing for better optics towards politicians who don’t understand tech. DNS censorship trivially bypassible by using custom DNS servers that aren’t affected by the censorship, while IP blocking hits everyone who is under that ISP regardless of their DNS settings - they need a VPN to bypass IP blocking.

This is a special kind of irony: someone is lambasting one group for piracy while simultaneously advocating for another group to do essentially the same thing for their own benefit.

They’re not really prosecuting people for piracy, so why would they go after large corporations?

I’m not supporting the idea of pirating data for LLM training. I’m just saying: don’t be a hypocrite simply because a group of people you dislike is doing the same thing you’re doing, for the same reasons.

They're all in bed together.

Exactly, this is to implement mechanism to block political sites that the state doesn't approve. Please contact your representatives.

This doesn't stem from a lack of understanding. It's about corporations and control.

No, we're at the point where the people pushing these laws do understand how the Internet works, and they want to control all of it.

It’s a series of tubes.

Not just piracy. Woke piracy.

In any country. Which is already nudging me in the direction of buying some land and weapons, set up some kind of a farm and let humanity fuck itself however it wants. Big problem though: land and weapons cost way more than I can afford

well on the way

China inspects each packet for vpn patterns. US still have lots of work to do.

Not if you want low lacency.

IMO your main concern should be about what country the VPN is based out of (and their privacy policy) more than where the servers are located. But then again I suppose it all depends on what kind of activity you're using your VPN for.

Next step is blocking access to foreign VPN providers. They are dumb fucks, but they are persistent dumb fucks.

He is getting paid. Not only has the Motion Picture Association contributed to political campaigns but it very recently gave awards and money to two politicians that promote their interests

For specifics on donations see: https://myreptracker.com/campaign-finance/committees/C00139519/motion-picture-association-inc-political-action-committee-mpaamerica-pac

In 2025, the MPA gave Chris Coons its Industry Champion Award and also honored Darrell Issa. MPA CEO Charles Rivkin described Coons as a “trusted partner” and praised Issa as a “true partner” on matters important to film and television.

It’s very basic corruption in broad daylight, and it’s pretty common in US politics today. As far as I know, you can’t prove corruption in court without some form of wiretapping or paper trail, which is trivial for them to avoid. So they’ll never get in trouble for being absolute utter dog shit human beings.

I think they are copying what France and Germany are trying to do and make it worse.