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Could VPNs Be 'Banned'?
(lemmy.ml)
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I imagine it'd be a jurisdiction issue for what you propose. If, say, the UK mandates that websites block VPN nodes, that will affect websites served from the UK (creating a Great Firewall of Britain). But what about websites served outside the UK? Those websites can't possibly tell if a user is from the UK and using a VPN, vs outside the UK and using a VPN, so they can't only block UK visitors—they'd have to block all VPN traffic, which is probably not worth it from a business point of view. I suppose the UK could then deem that website illegal in the UK and block them, but then that'd only block the website for non-VPN users in the UK... But if the website owner is outside the UK they can't be punished for violating that law.
More probable (though I still think unlikely) is that a country could sniff for e.g. Wireguard packets and block those. But again that's unlikely because of businesses using VPNs to let employees access company intranets at home.
These laws tend to effect any company that does business in the state or country. Any commercial service or company wanting to make money from UK customers will be required to implement the VPN block for all their customers.