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minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·17 days agoHow exactly will they force compliance for companies not based in Italy, or even the EU?
minus-squareDavidGA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·17 days agoBy banning and blocking all VPN providers not based in Italy.
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoSounds like a possible violation of EU rights. Similar practices have cost other governments dearly in the past.
minus-squareWomble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days 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-up7·17 days 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.
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”?