A new US site-blocking bill wouldn’t just target ISPs and DNS providers anymore, VPNs have now been explicitly added to the list. Under the proposal, VPN providers with 100,000+ US users could be ordered to block access to sites declared “foreign piracy sites.”
And here's the weird part: the bill says VPNs must prevent access “from the United States,” but apparently doesn't define exactly how they're supposed to do that.
Block the site only on US VPN servers? Detect users connecting from US IPs and block them even on foreign servers? Nobody really knows yet.
This starts with piracy and live sports, but I think the bigger question is where this kind of infrastructure goes once it exists. Feels like the definition of a “free and open internet” keeps getting more flexible every year.
Source: r/RecommandedVPN · by /u/Same-Pollution2542