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Am seeing ProtonVPN mentioned to circumvent certain regional bans on certain platforms. Do know that their CEO is aligned with the incoming US regime and that this may not work for platforms disliked by said incoming US regime. See https://archive.ph/McxeT
As far as VPNs go, I would go for MullvadVPN, but in general VPNs fundamentally are a band-aid with their own risks attached.
@whvholst You can always purchase VPS service and run your own VPN. Much better price & privacy.
@whvholst Yeah, it is still down if you're using a VPN with an endpoint outside of the United States. I'm pretty sure that it is based on whether you were flagged as American when you created your account.
@whvholst In Italy the link is banned by postal policy. What's happening there?
@giuseppegv Better ask those running that blocklist, archive.ph is just an archive AFAIK.
@whvholst @giuseppegv It's a DNS block, so most likely there is (or was) some content classified as CSAM somewhere on the website (not the URL in question). Wikipedia was once added to a blocklist over a single image claimed to be CSAM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Watch_Foundation_and_Wikipedia
@whvholst If "certain platforms" means TikTok, I am seeing posts mentioning that a VPN does not circumvent the blocking for US TikTok accounts (TikTok blocking the user access, not the ISPs which are not covered by the US law). This makes sense because US users get special treatment of having their personal data stored in the US (Oracle cloud), and the US law applies to hosting services as well as app stores.
@je5perl Yes, it was about Tiktok. So the recommendation for using VPNs is even more useless than I already thought.
@whvholst a VPN would work for accessing TikTok videos in a web browser without logging in (depending on what precisely is blocked by TikTok and its US CDNs today).
