Lofgren’s bill would impose site-blocking requirements on broadband providers with at least 100,000 subscribers and providers of public domain name resolution services with annual revenue of over $100 million. The bill has exemptions for VPN services and “similar services that encrypt and route user traffic through intermediary servers”; DNS providers that offer service “exclusively through encrypted DNS protocols”; and operators of premises that provide Internet access, like coffee shops, bookstores, airlines, and universities.

Invest in VPN providers.

  • KillingTimeItself
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    its uh, definitely one of the feelings of all time reading through threads like this, assuming these are actual real people, spending their actually real time, talking about these actually real things.

  • @hesusingthespiritbomb
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    Sometimes I feel like democrats don’t actually care more about voters, they just care much more about appearances.

  • @finitebanjo
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    Why would you not quote the first paragraph that explains everything about the law?

    US Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) today proposed a law that would let copyright owners obtain court orders requiring Internet service providers to block access to foreign piracy websites. The bill would also force DNS providers to block sites.

    TBH it’s not that bad since it doesn’t affect VPNs or domestic piracy sites, ironically. It’s bad but it’s not the apocalypse like some other commenters suggest.

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      Just a step in the direction towards that, though. They’ll pass it, and people will still pirate. Then, they’ll claim the legislation wasn’t enough and pass another bill further encroaching on our freedom on the internet.

        • @[email protected]
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          The fact that this dumb bitch is trying to do this, a blatant violation of open internet ideas btw, as the technocracy makes its opening moves is the real problem.

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            I’m not sure where you’ve been hiding but Net Neutrality got struck down when we voted Fascists into power, so maybe cool it with blaming the dems for that one, pal.

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    When you forgot to educate your people well enough so you don’t have to worry about what they see.

  • @SoftestSapphic
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    Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives

  • Phoenixz
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    Democrats: why won’t anyone vote for us?

    Also Democrats: let’s be like the Republicans, they get so many votes! Let’s miss the entire point of democracy and just support large companies!

    • @surph_ninja
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      Because they want the big money donors more than they want to win. Their campaigns are above all designed to bring in money for the high-priced consultants.

    • Schadrach
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      Of course it is, what else would you expect from the controlled opposition party?

    • I Cast Fist
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      Why wouldn’t it be? People’s interests don’t bring in money

  • @Shardikprime
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    These people were everyone’s hope? LMAO 🤣

  • @MaxPow3r11
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    This is some fascist (& not at all surprising) shit.

  • @rottingleaf
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    Cockroaches using the government to make oppressive laws. I think I’m still ancap.

  • @kreskin
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    Even out of power they still find a way to give hand jobs for industry donations and casually screw the public. I admire their energy.

  • @coolmojo
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    If they are not blocking the access to the WHO.is servers you can get the IP address of the site and add it to your local hosts file.

    • @Tangent5280
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      Doesn’t the IP address change anyway?

      • @coolmojo
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        Some do and some don’t. Even if the IP changes, the actual IP address will be shown on the WHOIS site. Alternatively, I am sure that the actual IP address of these sites is shared by non-American users on forums and other sites.

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    So it help vpn stocks?