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Map countries where using VPNs is against the law (media.kbin.social)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Just to make it clear, the VPN restriction in Turkey is not enforced, nor hindered. Of course it was put in place as a form of restriction against people's protest organization via Twitter back in 2013 during the Gezi Park protests, but it is not enforced (at least widely, if at all). Even the leading opposition party has an official support for a VPN under their name.

Nevertheless, as far as the map's intent goes, it is an indicator of a dictatorship.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Pictures of playing cards on websites get entire subnets blocked for gambling in Turkey, so I'm surprised to learn they don't enforce rules against VPNs.