Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoOnline age checks came first — a VPN crackdown could be nextwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1282file-text
arrow-up1282external-linkOnline age checks came first — a VPN crackdown could be nextwww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·3 days agoVery easy to write “except businesses” in legislation
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 days agoThem I am a business. Sorry pal.
minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoIf businesses are people then people are businesses.
minus-squareNOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoTime to spin up a small business I guess
minus-squareneon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoIn American anyone can run a business as a sole proprietor. So that would essentially invalidate the law. They would probably code the language to ban people selling access to a vpn, but not stop you from running your own.
minus-squareCriticalMiss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoCommercial VPNs are businesses too :)
minus-squareSkankhunt420@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoI know dude, literally everyone ignores this. Its like an ostrich putting it’s head in the sand.
minus-squareWolfmanEightySix@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoWhen do governments do anything clever when writing legislation or laws or whatever?
Very easy to write “except businesses” in legislation
Them I am a business. Sorry pal.
If businesses are people then people are businesses.
Time to spin up a small business I guess
In American anyone can run a business as a sole proprietor.
So that would essentially invalidate the law.
They would probably code the language to ban people selling access to a vpn, but not stop you from running your own.
Commercial VPNs are businesses too :)
I know dude, literally everyone ignores this. Its like an ostrich putting it’s head in the sand.
When do governments do anything clever when writing legislation or laws or whatever?