Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoOnline age checks came first — a VPN crackdown could be nextwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1229arrow-down1external-linkOnline age checks came first — a VPN crackdown could be nextwww.theverge.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square31linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·23 days agoVery easy to write “except businesses” in legislation
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·23 days agoThem I am a business. Sorry pal.
minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·23 days agoIf businesses are people then people are businesses.
minus-squareNOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 days agoTime to spin up a small business I guess
minus-squareCriticalMiss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 days agoCommercial VPNs are businesses too :)
minus-squareSkankhunt420@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 days agoI know dude, literally everyone ignores this. Its like an ostrich putting it’s head in the sand.
minus-squareWolfmanEightySix@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 days agoWhen do governments do anything clever when writing legislation or laws or whatever?
minus-squareneon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 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.
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
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?
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.