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Federal bill would force VPN providers, ISPs, and DNS services to block foreign piracy sites
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This leads to the government deciding which websites you can visit and cant visit down the line. This is a dystopian level of control and with surveillance already getting dystopian… Pick your dystopian technology book and decide which one we’re leading towards. Fascism policies are already on the rise in democratic worlds.
I pick mad max. In the end, it will come down to oil.
I think tank girl, and it will come down to clean water
Oooh, good one.
Mad max in 1984.
UK already doing this to try to block 4chan. You can decide if that is a good or bad thing.
Well.. bad. No government should be able to tell you what sites you're allowed to visit
I agree, many do not.
Am I the only one who read Rash?
This one?
https://blbooks.blogspot.com/2026/08/51-rash.html
Yes, I did read it in Jr high so don't expect a masterpiece but I'd say it's pretty accurate and can be read in a day.
...as opposed to the non-democratic worlds, which are already as fascist as you can get, right?