They legislated an antifascist org a terrorist org (Palestinian action).
Conservative fascisms tentacles are deeply embedded in the UK, from surveillance state to political corruption. That’s why Brexit happened, and they remain among the most susceptible to fascism among the developed world.
Aren’t advertising requirements that constrain subject matter effectively a mechanism for banning content?
One of the reasons given for rejection was:
Referencing topics such as: Paedophiles, Rapists, Murderers, Enemies of the state, Journalists, Refugees, Controversial opinions, People’s bedrooms, Police officers, Children’s headsets … is inappropriate and irrelevant to the average consumer’s experience with a VPN.
That doesn’t seem to me like the sort of criteria that a rule-enforcement agency should be using for determining whether something should air. (For what it’s worth, refusing to air this in the US would absolutely be considered a freedom of speech issue.)
That’s probably pointless. You should only use it for piracy, bypassing content filters, regional blocking, and things like that. Otherwise you’re just wasting money/hurting your internet speed for zero benefit.
A VPN only offers marginal protection from tracking, since it only hides your IP address. Most tracking happens in the browser, via cookies and fingerprinting techniques. The only reliable way to protect yourself against that is Tor, and you should not use Tor with a VPN.
I like Mullvad and I am a happy customer, but this misleading advertising is kind of a bad look IMO. It’s good to raise awareness of this serious issue, but they’re clearly trying to profit off of consumers who don’t understand the product they’re selling.
Just checked the video and…
Oof! That’s pretty much a political awareness video and far from an ad.
There is no way they can risk mass political awareness regarding the new legislations that they are frantically attempting to tunnel through.
100% ban material.
If I were UK govt. I would be internally calling this a “National Security” issue.