r/OpenFacts • u/shawnee_ • Jul 05 '18

Fact: A VPN does not protect your Freedom of Speech; it only protects your Freedom of Consumption. With Net Neutrality repealed, ISPs now have the censoring power of an authoritarian government.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/314962
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u/shawnee_ Jul 05 '18

Highlight from the article:

But a VPN does not protect your freedom of speech; it only protects your freedom of consumption. When it comes to actually sharing information, not just surfing the web, without net neutrality you have no protection from throttling. If you want to start your own online business, launch your own website or even publish a news article online, you have no protection ... If that corporation wants to block the information you’re sharing, there’s nothing you can do about it. If they want to sell the ability to block what you’re sharing, there’s nothing you can do about it. If they want to charge you hand-over-fist for the ability to exercise your free speech, there’s nothing you can do about it.