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EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push (cyberinsider.com)
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[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That's true, but the kind of lockdown on the Internet that China does can't be done with just regulation and mandates.

There is an absolutely mind-moggling server infrastructure managing the routing and filtering at every Internet point of entry/exit in China, and it is directly physically filtering traffic headed for consumption by people in China.

Its nickname, "The Great Firewall of China", while hilarious, is an apt analogy for it. They literally built a barrier around their country's Internet borders to keep out unapproved information, and probably Mongols.