New Zealand rules out a VPN ban after a fierce privacy backlash
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The rapid walk-back on a potential VPN restriction shows there are still hard limits to how far governments can push digital controls before consumer and civil-liberties backlash bites. If your product depends on privacy or circumvention tools, this is a data point that user mobilization can still shape policy.
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