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Re:VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in by zaptheimpaler on Monday July 28, 2025 @02:55PM (#44714059)
I'd like to believe this is true. Maybe all the shit is just increasing disconnection between media portrayals and reality.
Re:VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in by dgroshev on Monday July 28, 2025 @03:32PM (#44714594)
I have receipts for every point, just didn't want to post a wall of links.

It's not just emergent disconnection, there are many documented cases ([1][2][3] etc) of nation states trying to sow division and fear. The impression that you got is a good example of them succeeding.

[1]: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dozens-of-pro-indy-accounts-...

[2]: https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/news/new-whitepaper-telling-c...

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_web_brigades