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minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up129·1 day agoHow exactly will they force compliance for companies not based in Italy, or even the EU?
minus-squaresparky@lemmy.federate.cc@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·18 hours agoMaking something illegal and actually stopping it are two different things. Also see: drugs.
minus-squareDavidGA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·1 day agoBy banning and blocking all VPN providers not based in Italy.
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoSounds like a possible violation of EU rights. Similar practices have cost other governments dearly in the past.
minus-squareWomble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day 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-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoBetter yet, how will they determine what is “pirated content”?
minus-squareorize@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·edit-21 day agoSupreme fascist control doesn’t start immediately. It needs to take one small baby step every day.
How exactly will they force compliance for companies not based in Italy, or even the EU?
Making something illegal and actually stopping it are two different things. Also see: drugs.
By banning and blocking all VPN providers not based in Italy.
Sounds like a possible violation of EU rights. Similar practices have cost other governments dearly in the past.
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.
Better yet, how will they determine what is “pirated content”?
Supreme fascist control doesn’t start immediately. It needs to take one small baby step every day.