Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs
#Congress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet #infrastructure. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the American #Copyright Protection Act (#ACPA ), #HR10364 , a bill that would give copyright owners a new legal tool to block Americans’ access to foreign websites accused of copyright infringement.
The basic idea is all too familiar, … A copyright owner first asks a court to label a foreign website a “foreign #piracy site.” Once that happens, the copyright owner could seek orders requiring internet service providers, #DNS providers, &—new & explicit in this bill—#VPN providers to take “commercially reasonable steps” to stop their users in the USA from accessing those sites. The decision to label a website as a “foreign piracy site” can happen without the accused site even showing up in court to defend itself.
#privacy #security
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/congress-has-another-site-blocking-bill-and-one-targets-vpns