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Pakistani religious body declares using VPN is against Islamic law (www.voanews.com)

submitted 5 days ago by annHowe@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26423177

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28167168

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[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 24 points 5 days ago

The title is (kind of) clickbait. It's actually just been ruled that using a VPN to access blocked content is against Sharia law. But fuck if that headline isn't funny