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Re:Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps... by sofixa on Friday February 05, 2021 @10:10AM (#26037120)
> someone was hosting a website outside of Pakistan, it would be much harder to take down than just petitioning Google or Apple

ISPs are still in Pakistan, so if the country wants, there are a myriad of ways to block a website. Most are preventable, but for the majority of people the site will be effectively blocked.

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Re:Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps... by EGreg on Friday February 05, 2021 @10:19AM (#26037220)
Okay so replace DNS with DHT, and have people use Tor or Beaker browsers with Dat or MaidSAFE
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