The EU's top court has ruled that a VPN provider is not liable when a user routes around a geoblock.
The tool being useful for circumvention does not make its creator a party to it. That principle protects every encryption and anonymity product in the bloc.
https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-court-rules-vpn-providers-not-liable-when-users-bypass-geoblocks
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2026-07-29 23:44:44 UTC
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2026-07-29 23:44:44 UTCEvent JSON
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