Because the tools created for censorship for the good cause are too dangerous to exist

Governments quickly realize that they cannot effectively block websites in foreign jurisdictions. The only way to achieve this is to tell local ISPs which subnets to block, and fine them if they disobey. When this automation is in place, the government can block any website in a matter of hours, no matter where it is located

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trhway 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

>Because the tools created for censorship for the good cause are too dangerous to exist ....the government can block any website in a matter of hours

yet the tools of war do exist. Even though the government can kill anybody in a matter of minutes.

And we do already have tools to block spam, and there is no difference between spam and Russian propaganda.

	▲	tryauuum 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Comparing it to the physical thing is not fair. Murder is slow, and for mass murder at least there are people who will have to agree and do it. Compare it to automatically blocking a website after a button is pressed And murder is transparent, you cannot murder many people without a public reaction. With the internet though... They can block thousands of IPS and no one will know. And you cannot access the database of the blocked resources because, who are you, a pedophile? I have a feeling I cannot explain how painful it is to live in a country destroying the internet. I wanted to leave the Russia even before the war because of that. Now I am extremely allergic to any government's censorship attempts

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eptcyka 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The tools exist as is, that cat has been out of the bag for quite a while.

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tryauuum 3 days ago | parent [-]

Not in my country. The ISP just blocks a domain name on the ISP-provided DNS server, which is a joke in the world of dns-over-https

	▲	eptcyka 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		The ISP chooses to not do that. The tools exist, they cost more money and complexity, but they definitely exist.

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awesome_dude 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Have you heard of the great firewall of China at all?