🔒 Defend VPNs = Defend Rights

🌍 Today we join the global #DefendVPNs Day of Action. https://www.defendvpns.com
VPNs are not loopholes — they’re lifelines for safety, free expression, and access to information.

Full statement by the VPN Guild: https://vpnguild.org/vpn-guild-statement-in-support-of-the-global-defend-vpns-day-of-action

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⚖️ What we ask:
👩‍⚖️ Lawmakers:
• Affirm VPN legality
• Apply strict necessity & proportionality
• Stop blunt tools like DPI blocking & app-store purges

💻 Platforms:
• Publish government takedown demands
• Enable resilient distribution channels
• Protect end-to-end encryption
• Resist pre-compliance with vague or extra-territorial orders
• Adopt special review procedures for requests from non-democratic regimes

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📨 Our message to Telegram
The VPN Guild is sending a letter to Telegram today urging the company to:
❌ Lift its VPN advertising ban
❌ Stop over-compliance with authoritarian demands

Restricting VPN visibility under pressure directly undermines freedom of expression and user safety.
👉 We ask Telegram to reaffirm its founding commitment: resist censorship and stand with users, not with censors.

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✊ Call to Action
Ask politicians and platforms to #DefendVPNs.
Together we defend rights, privacy, and access to free information.

#DigitalRights #Privacy #Encryption #KeepItOn #VPNGuild