[johnnyanmac]

The moment the Russia Ukraine war hit, the top 10 apps in Russia was half VPNs.

As long as websites don't want to lock out any user without an account, and as long as vpns exist, it'll be hard to enforce any of this. At least for now, that's one line big tech won't let them cross easily.

[jacquesm]

It isn't a requirement to enforce this. All it does is to ensure that you will be more at risk of breaking the law and that little detail will show that you intended to evade the law so your presumption of innocence gets dinged: apparently you knew that what you were doing was wrong because you used a VPN so [insert minor offense or thought crime here] is now seen in a different light.

Selective enforcement is much more powerful as a tool than outright enforcement, before you know it double digit percentages of the populace are criminals, that might come in handy some day.

[type0]

> top 10 apps in Russia was half VPNs... and as long as vpns exist, it'll be hard to enforce any of this.

Russia found good way to enforce it, they changed the law and give out prison sentences for using VPNs

[codedokode]

Not yet - only for searching extremist and terrorist content, no matter using VPN or not. Oh, almost the same content that is regulated by Online Safety Act in UK.