The new SCREEN Act up for debate in the U.S. Senate would severely restrict people's abilities to use a VPN.
Contact your senator to make sure they don't fall for lies about it. Here's a briefing on it:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/screen-act-threatens-privacy-far-beyond-adult-websites
Matthew Sheffield
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2026-08-03 23:06:54 UTC
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