China’s escalating crackdown on VPN use
For many years access to foreign media, social media platforms, and independent sources of information in China has been limited through extensive filtering and platform blocking. However, most Chinese could get around these restrictions by using VPNs without any serious consequences. Recent reporting suggests that law enforcement may now be clamping down on users who use a VPN. This worries us very much at Pirate Parties International, and so we decided it was a good time to share more information with our community in the hopes of applying global pressure to stop this. The recent crackdown on VPNs marks a dangerous escalation in digital authoritarianism. The Chinese state is no …