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En Nouvelle-Calédonie, le blocage de Tiktok fait exploser l'utilisation des VPN.
> Deux des principaux services VPN, des outils légaux permettant de simuler une connexion depuis un pays tiers, font face à des hausses très importantes d'utilisateurs, suite à l'interdiction de Tiktok dans l'archipel.
No. Just, no. Not #VPN, nor any other technology is a solution, because the problem is much deeper than that. The US banning TikTok is just the beginning, they will simply continue expanding #censorship of any content the government finds objectionable. We may soon find governments like the US passing legislation that running an #ActivityPub server of any kind is illegal "terrorist activity" before long, and all NATO countries will follow suit (they must, or else risk losing NATO membership).
And of course the stated reason for the US blocking whole portions of the Internet is for "cypersecurity" reasons. Anyone with half a brain knows the real reason is to try to prevent sharing knowledge across borders, because that is the real threat to the politicians and their bosses.
It is really no different than what countries like China does with their Great Firewall, or what Iran does whitelisting only certain blocks of the Internet that exists outside of their borders, also for "cybersecurity" reasons. Of course the US government will continue to cite censorship of free speech as a reason that countries like China or Iran are inherently evil. This deranged political double-speak is the norm nowadays, as "antisemitism" is used as a justification to arrest Jewish people who protest war at their universities, but I digress.
they will simply continue expanding #censorship of any content the government finds objectionable
The thought error here is that it isn't just the US government.
Over here in Europe various NGO's informed about bad practices of TikTok first. How addicting it is. How little they do to kill videos making younglings do fatal things (some people died to do Tiktok challenges, thousands were hospitalized!). The list goes on.
Only after years (!) of repeated warnings did the EU commission start to apply rules to TikTok. Which TikTok do far seem to ignore intentionally.
In my eyes, this has nothing to do with "censoring". You misuse the word, I'd say.
But I'm not following a libertarian mindset. Most immediate "but censorship!" cryers however do. They never lived in a country that does actual censorship (like German Third Reich, former Eastern Germany, current China or Russia). But hey, the term describes a horrible in practice, so let's use it for the outrage feelings it induces, even if it doesn't fit at all.
But if you are in this libertarian mindset, then I have a quest for you: relocate to Sudan or Somalia. They both have effectively anarchy: the central government is totally powerless. You can follow a libertarian mindset as much as possible: doing anything, saying anything. However, other parties will do the same, and some of this "doing anything" will probably harm you. But you asked for a weak government, that is cold and ignores the weak. So have it, your dream, your choice, your utopia!
And then you might perhaps understand that no single freedom is absolute. There are many freedoms and basic rights that compete. Here e.g. freedom of speech, freedom of expression. And freedom of being unharmed.
@ramin_hal9001 I suspect you are right re #activitypub
Anything the US cant control or manipulate is a problem
With #tiktok , foreign ownership provided the "justification",
With activitypub servers i expect they will find something to do with copyright or moderation of illegal content rather than just admit that if an american corp doesnt control it and manipulate it to the satisfaction of the Amerocan government, then it must be banned
@kubikpixel Ist jetzt nicht so eine große Sache wenn man sich mit Netzwerk auskennt, daher wohl mehr so "Naja, das war zu erwarten" als ein wirklicher Schock.
So my plan with my current #VPN provider expires soon and I’m thinking of moving to #Proton. I like the idea of getting, as part of the plan, extras such as Proton mail - get some control and #privacy over my email accounts (away from Gmail). However, I am a little worried that if I create multiple email addresses I essentially lock myself into Proton’s paid plan… Losing email addresses would be an unnecessary nightmare to manage 🤔
Has anyone else switched to Proton to manage their VPN & emails?
@lwpembleton A little of column A and a little of column B. It’s possible to have an entirely anonymous account with Mullvad, buying code cards instead of paying them directly for an account, which I don’t think any other VPN offers. Does mean there’s no possible account recovery if you lose your login though.