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Kids Online Safety Act gains enough supporters to pass the Senate (www.theverge.com)
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The US’s latest attempt to chill speech online, KOSA-a bill to effectively force everyone to identify themselves to online platforms-is picking up steam and looking like it will pass the Senate.

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[–] 44 points 2 years ago (9 children)

inb4 Americans use VPN connections to HongKong to get around US censorship laws...

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  • [+] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    I don't think a Cuban VPN exists. If it does, it's definitely government-run. They don't let the internet in (except on designated monitored computers priced so the local's can't access them much) and instead have their own intranet.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Story time: something like 30 years ago, someone sent me an email asking a technical question about a thing I posted online. We exchanged a couple educated emails, and they thanked me for the explanation. Then it hit me: ...who TF has email on Cuba ...whom was I talking to?

    Nowadays they have Internet access for tourists, but 30 years ago... yeah, that.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Lol, so what sort of thing was Fidel tinkering with and asking for help with?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    It was something technical, web hosting related I think. I'd have to dig up some old backups, if it's even still there... maybe someday. I remember thinking it must've been someone working for the government.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You may want to think twice about that:

    Don't Go To Hong Kong Now (Even on Connecting Flights)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You've got it backwards. China's increasingly tight social controls, and increasingly antagonistic stance with the US, just means that they're the least likely country to report you to US companies and state governments. I have no plans to ever go to China or Hong Kong.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    I have no plans to ever go to China or Hong Kong.

    As long as that's true, of you and of any of your acquaintances, and your friendly local Chinese citizen group (¹) working for China doesn't take an interest in you, that's fine.

    (¹) China’s overseas police stations

    PS: just saying, use Tor. If It's good enough for the CIA, it's good enough for everyone.

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