Federal bill would force VPN providers, ISPs, and DNS services to block foreign piracy sites

Federal bill would force VPN providers, ISPs, and DNS services to block foreign piracy sites

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Katorga Surely there will be an exception for AI companies to retain access? Reply

S58_is_the_goat It would require internet service providers, DNS resolving services, and virtual private networks, or VPNs, to block foreign websites or services hosting pirated content. Oh no… I'm just going to use a non US VPN then. https://media.makeameme.org/created/im-so-smart-4ab08d7d7a.jpg Reply

bill001g They propose tons of crap that never even gets it past the first meeting. This was done by one of the rare republicans out of california. This means all the other democrat representatives from california will vote against it "just because". It is more likely he is being paid off by some movie company or something since they consider watching netflix in another country theft. With the massive staffs these guys have all paid for by the tax payer you would think they would have 1 guy with some technical knowledge. A 12yr old can tell you all about proxies and vpn to bypass restrictions. Even talking about DNS is silly, what they going to do require microsoft to remove the HOSTS file next. The actual true hacking and piracy sites use what is commonly called darknet but is vpn/proxy that can not be blocked or even detected in most cases. Reply

Sluggotg More Government oversite that we do not need. Scammers are running rampant with scam phone calls and emails. Instead of doing something about them, they want to go after the website that has the C64 version of Archon/Archon2 on it. (Great games by the way!). Reply

Jane_Writes135 Oversight, filters, regulations where is this taking us. At times, I feel like I'm living in the first season of a dystopian TV show Reply

LordVile They are enabling illegal activity so there should be fines for that Reply

macNcraCKa LordVile said: They are enabling illegal activity so there should be fines for that How much illegal activity goes on in government. Fine or lock them up first. That's where we've learned it. Reply

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