Skip to content
Tech News
clear
Topics: Today This Week This Month This Year

Rep. Darrell Issa introduces bill forcing ISPs, DNS providers, VPNs to block piracy sites

Outgoing Republican Representative Darrell Issa has introduced legislation that would let copyright holders secure court orders forcing internet providers, domain name resolvers, and VPN services to block access to foreign piracy websites. The bill follows similar site-blocking proposals from other lawmakers backed by the Motion Picture Association, and comes after Issa signaled his intent at a June 30 hearing.

VPN kill switches explained: how they stop IP leaks when connections drop

A kill switch is a VPN feature that watches the encrypted tunnel between a device and a VPN server, cutting internet access the moment that connection weakens or fails. This stops a device's real IP address or DNS requests from leaking during outages or server switches, restoring access automatically once the secure tunnel resumes. The feature comes in two forms: app-level, which blocks only chosen programs, and system-level, which halts all network traffic on the device.

Today's top topics: openai samsung smart glasses android authority gemini adobe premiere anthropic data centers galaxy s27 ultra battersea power station
View all today's topics →