A bill proposed in the US state of Michigan seeks to ban the use and sale of VPN services.

Titled the "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act," the bill aims to "prohibit the distribution of certain material on the internet that corrupts the public morals."

This would include the blocking of "circumvention tools" such as the best VPNs, proxies, and "encrypted tunneling methods." Promoting VPN usage could result in fines of up to $500,000.

The bill is yet to gain widespread support, but it represents a dangerous way of thinking, accounts for internet censorship, and puts the online privacy of millions at risk.

VPN usage monitored and sales banned

The bill's primary role is to stop the distribution of adult content and calls on internet service providers (ISPs) operating in the state to "i

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