PSA: I found a whole section of blocked news sites at a cafe in Lisbon...

I was just trying to read about a protest back home while on vacation last week. The cafe's wifi had a filter that stopped me from loading three different news sites... all of them were covering the same event. It felt so strange to be in a free country but hit a digital wall someone else built. Made me think about how borders don't matter online, but blocks sure do. Has anyone run into something like this while traveling?

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matthew_ward87mo ago

Digital borders are the new walls.

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perry.nancy6mo ago

Wait, are you saying some places actually block VPNs now? That's wild. I thought those were just for watching shows from other countries. If they're putting up digital walls that stop VPNs, that's a whole new level of control. It feels like they're locking the ladder away too.

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the_mary7mo ago

Ugh, tell that to my VPN! It's like a digital ladder.

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