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minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·2 months agoHow exactly will they force compliance for companies not based in Italy, or even the EU?
minus-squareDavidGA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 months agoBy banning and blocking all VPN providers not based in Italy.
minus-squareWomble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSo by going harder on blocking content that China? Because that’s what they do but most of the big providers get through after a day or two of downtime each time the government make a change to block them.
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSounds like a possible violation of EU rights. Similar practices have cost other governments dearly in the past.
minus-squareorize@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-22 months agoSupreme fascist control doesn’t start immediately. It needs to take one small baby step every day.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoBetter yet, how will they determine what is “pirated content”?
How exactly will they force compliance for companies not based in Italy, or even the EU?
By banning and blocking all VPN providers not based in Italy.
So by going harder on blocking content that China? Because that’s what they do but most of the big providers get through after a day or two of downtime each time the government make a change to block them.
Sounds like a possible violation of EU rights. Similar practices have cost other governments dearly in the past.
Supreme fascist control doesn’t start immediately. It needs to take one small baby step every day.
Better yet, how will they determine what is “pirated content”?