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Countries with restrictive internet laws, how do you circumvent? (Australian eSafety rubbish)

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The Australian eSafety commission, the one responsible for the upcoming social media ban for under 16s, has begun extending it's powers and intentions to adult Australians and general internet access in Australia.
To countries that already have oppressive internet practices (thinking UK with their recent bans/id verification), what means are there to circumvent when your government starts controlling what you can and cannot access on the internet even what it's not illegal content?

(For context, they're intending on blurring all p0rnagraphic imagery regardless of what search engine settings you have and adding a redirect to any self-harm/disordered eating searches to helplines. While this is fairly mild control I've been saying for months that it's not going to be *just* a social media ban for under 16s, they're going to expand to other things quietly. They're also blocking p0rn deepfake websites (which morally I agree with but fundamentally I disagree with) which aren't *inherently* illegal but can be used for such things. I just see this easily becoming nanny-coddling-government-controlled internet)

I understand this isn't inherently piracy related, however I think this community is the most appropriate to address with this considering we deal with government blocks all the time.
And yes I'm over 18, I'm not bitching about the social media ban.

Posted Dec 4, 2025, 9:49 PM UTC

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