The ongoing absurdity between Brazil and X (Twitter) made me wonder, can’t Brazil just block X domains? Why is it dependent on X doing it from their end?
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The internet is essentially a system of roads, and going to a specific website is like taking a road trip. The problem is, a country can only control its own roads. If a country allows one of its roads to connect to a different country it essentially loses control.
So for example, I live the U.S. state of Kentucky. Our politicians essentially banned pornhub a few months back, but for our analogy let’s say they banned me from going to Florida. If I hop in my car/on my computer and I’m say “I’m going to Florida/pornhub” Kentucky can say “not on my roads”.
Instead I connect to a VPN using a server located in New York which has no issues with pornhub. Thanks to the “private” part of virtual private network, Kentucky only knows that I’m going to New York/that sever. Once I’m in New York I can view pornhub/decide to go from there to Florida.
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