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-Aerobrake- t1_iy5g925 wrote

Reply to comment by Laerson123 in ELI5: how are chinese protesters able to post videos with the great chinese firewall controlling internet? by TImetalker

> 1- The Chinese firewall doesn't control the internet, it only blocks access to some sites from within ISPs located there. Anyone can set a VPN, and it isn't illegal, even the government provides VPN.

This is extremely misleading, borderline false.

The only "legal" VPNs in China are the ones provided by the government which are backdoored by the government. They are not ways around censorship. Individuals running VPNs are absolutely illegal.

For actual info from not-a-tankie: https://nordvpn.com/blog/vpn-for-china/

> (that are basically color revolutions funded by imperialist countries)

wut lol

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