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Re:European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrou... by glorkk on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @09:01AM (#17354925)
It is very easy to make unenforceable laws. Actually blocking VPNs would require something akin to the great firewall of China, which I don't see the EU building in the near future.

Criminalizing something means nothing if the laws can't be enforced. Torrenting copyrighted works is a criminal act, and yet torrenting has never been easier after years of efforts to shut it down from all sides.

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Re:European parliament committee approves vote on ‘disastrou... by merinowool on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @06:51PM (#17360597)
They do worse - instead of just blocking the internet, they'll first inspect what is being uploaded to it.
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