Italy’s new Piracy Shield has just gone into operation and is already harming human rights there

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Italy’s new Piracy Shield has just gone into operation and is already harming human rights there

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Italy’s new Piracy Shield has just gone into operation and is already harming human rights there

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- Its literally a violation of the EU human rights agreement…
  Is it? In Portugal there have been a similar law for years and nobody cares apparently. It isn't as wide as the Italian one, it just says ISPs are required to block access to websites a govt. entity lists.
  Also no company will comply with that shitshows ridiculous orders.
  Are you sure? Think about it... “All VPN and open DNS services must also comply with blocking orders”. A VPN provider can’t legally sell their services in Italy unless they comply. The best part is: since the govt is blocking websites they can also block providers who doesn’t play according to their rules :)
- The article itself says Google is already complying. Come on man
- half the shit hungary does is a violation of the eu human rights agreement and nothing happens to them...
look italy. just stick to what you know
pizza
pasta
mafia
and so on
- Piracy Shield is indeed brought to us by (soccer) mafia
- I mean to be fair they did invent fascism so this law isn't a stretch.
  
  It runs in the family and Italy is all about family
- Entertainment industry is literally a mafia so this is on brand.
- That's a funny waybto spell "sexual assault".
I bet VPN providers in privacy respecting countries are seeing a large increase in subscribers from Italy now.
- Or not. "All VPN and open DNS services must also comply with blocking orders". A VPN provider can't legally sell their services in Italy unless they comply. The best part is: since the govt is blocking websites they can also block providers who doesn't play according to their rules :)
  
  Someone will figure out a way to get around it. People can get a VPN through the great firewall of China, they will get through whatever Italy does as well.
  
  This is a definite no for moving to italy. They should also be kicked out of the EU for this.
  
  I’m not an Italian citizen and I don’t live there.
  Their laws do not apply to me. An Italian citizen or resident can go online and buy vpn service from me. There is not law im subjected to that says I can’t sell vpn services to Italians.
  
  Could you buy another VPN through a VPN?
  
  You just have to self-declare you don't live in Italy.
- I’ve been using quad 9 dns for years and torrenting without issues.
  These laws are made just to make happy the people getting rich with calcio streamings and alike. IPTV and stuff is enforced, for the rest it’s just business as usual
  
  I'm sure your aware but for people who aren't... Only changing your DNS doesn't hide your traffic, only your DNS query. They can't see you are resolving 1337x.to but they CAN see you access 104.31.16.118. This is why a VPN is important as it stops your ISP from seeing all of your traffic.
Piracy Shield aka The Great Firewall of Italy.
Damn thats an incredible degree of overreach and looks like it gives established companies the power to take down any rising competitions websites without oversight.
It should be cockblocked right at the begining, otherwise it'd be introduced to other EU countries too.
Fucking sports. Sky and DAZN have such a stranglehold on sports. You wanna watch sportball? Pay up.
Professional sports and the companies that own the leagues are a total racket. Makes me hate that it's such a large part of global culture. Support your local minor leagues!
- Solution: No sportsball.
That was always the plan!
shocked that a country that elected a fascist with ties to mussolini would do something like this
People should be well aware of expatriates and how to become one as well as having emergency funds for it if their country has signs of turning dystopian
I know it may feel hard leaving your home country for some but would you rather stay and be forced to participate under dystopian laws or leave for a better country
- It's not easy to gain entry to another "better" country for most people. You tend to need money, connections, or specialist skills. When people say "well, then I'll just move to another country" they may be unaware of this.
- My guy, I'm just trying to pay the bills. I do not have the excess income to fill a go bag.
- I learned that I'm essentially trapped in my country without massive amounts of money or a rare skill set. I have neither. I'll just have to ride the fascist wave out if they succeed.
- Im going from Brazil to Portugal (not related to politics, only saying), I'm going with the help of my company and still would need around 30x the Brazilian minimum wage for the entire trip. Only to get a house to leave would be 18 to 21x. All of this to still be far away from your family and all of this to sometimes be treated as an alien.
Man, we need mesh networks yesterday. I don't care if it's slow, I just want them to get out of my face.

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