US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

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Post by c420 » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC

US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
reuters.com

Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

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Post by xvxvx » Wed, Feb 18, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC

The world will be exposed to hardcore pornography, child endangerment, AI CSAM, and militant algorithms by force, if needed!

Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet by Yasha Levine (2018) directly claims the internet is “the most effective weapon the government has ever built,” tracing its roots to Pentagon counterinsurgency projects like ARPA’s efforts in Vietnam-era surveillance.

The book argues surveillance was “woven into the fabric” from the start, linking early ARPANET development to intelligence goals, and extends to modern tech giants like Google as part of a military-digital complex.

Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

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Post by rkagerer » Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC

Or they could just make a donation to Tor and similar projects, and get way more mileage for their money.

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Post by gzread » Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 1:01 AM UTC

rkagerer wrote: post #3

Or they could just make a donation to Tor and similar projects, and get way more mileage for their money.

The point is for them to track their users, which they can't do if their users are all using Tor.

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Post by sgnelson » Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 1:56 AM UTC

Why? Seriously, why do we care so much about this?

Do we not have better uses of our money. Also the irony considering recent moves by the US government in terms of control of the internet and free speech.