Guys I think the next step big tech is going to pull is to either do one or all of the following under the guise that "anyone right of Mao is an insurrectionist".
A: Get ICANN to start revoking domain registrations.
B: Black-list/unperson domains via DNS (how many ppl are using 8.8.8.8 etc). Possibly just declare certain domains like Parler or the .win as "verbotten" and memory hole them from the DNS tables.
C: if you thought the whole "this claim is dispooted" was bad I can easily see Gulag bringing up the giant red warning page of doom in Chrome before making you click through 3 hidden options just to get through or even at all (think of how bad they act when a site does not have HTTPS).
OK now for solutions: I think what we need to counter this is at bare minimum a handful of DNS servers where we can hard-code the .win and any others we need into the table. Even better but more complicated would be a VPN into our own splinter of the internet where we have the .win and others accessible while going through the VPN. I envision this being similar to when you would modem dial into your local BBS like in the early & mid 90's.
anyone with ideas feel free to chime in as well.
Another IT networker here, I agree with all of that although blacklisting domains wouldn't just be limited to 8.8.8.8, they'd likely weaponize the glowies to go after ISP's first since the majority of the population uses automatically configured DNS servers in their homes.
The way you'd get around ICANN though is by hosting the domain outside the US in a country that wouldn't blacklist/censor it, but that wouldn't stop countries from censoring it domestically.
VPNs are starting to look alot more necessary just for simple browsing, but I wouldn't doubt it if the government starts creating laws against VPN services and subpeona the ISPs to block VPN traffic on public internet. If they start doing that, you'll be able to tell which VPN services are logging your activities and which ones aren't because they'll block the ones that aren't.
Dumb question: If they were to outlaw or block vpn how will that work for IT controls at companies? Most companies require vpn to be access internal networks.
Because they'd only outlaw or block VPN services that aren't willing to keep logs and provide the data to the government.