US Builds Federal VPN, Bans Private Ones 🔒

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The U.S. government just declared VPNs a human right, and built a federal VPN to prove it. At the same time, state lawmakers in Wisconsin and Michigan were writing bills to ban them for American citizens. One vote in Wisconsin would have made it the first U.S. state to criminalize VPN access. This is the story of how close we came to losing digital freedom in America — and why it matters that we almost didn't notice -- AND the battle isn't over yet.

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Links & Sources:

Age Verification: Your Phone Is Now Required to Spy on You. It’s the Law.
https://youtu.be/hI9oy0t4JUU

EFF — Wisconsin VPN Ban: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/eff-wisconsin-legislature-vpn-bans-are-still-terrible-idea

Reuters — freedom.gov: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-plans-online-portal-bypass-content-bans-europe-elsewhere-2026-02-18/

Michigan HB 4938: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/House/htm/2025-HIB-4938.htm

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