U.S. Site Blocking Bill Adds VPNs to the List of Blocking Intermediaries

U.S. Site Blocking Bill Adds VPNs to the List of Blocking Intermediaries torrentfreak.com

VPN providers with over 100,000 American users could be ordered to block pirate sites under the bill Rep. Darrell Issa introduced last week.

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Wowfunhappy9 days ago

The original source appears to be ArsTechnica: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/09/republican-bill-...

iamnothere9 days ago

They were the initial source, TF’s reporting added some questions around what exactly this could mean in practice for VPNs that span multiple countries, which most do. It sounds like the bill (unsurprisingly) isn’t well-considered and will have problems in practice.

Nobody reporting on this has mentioned Tor yet, which could be seen as a VPN serving many users (including many involved in intelligence work). That’s going to create some interesting fights.

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