US bill threatens to turn your VPN into a piracy blocklist
THE SO WHAT
If VPNs are forced to run copyright blocklists, they stop being neutral privacy pipes and become quasi-content regulators. Any business that relies on VPNs for security or location routing should watch this closely—compliance logic could bleed into broader traffic filtering and logging obligations.
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