A new U.S. House bill would let courts order internet providers, DNS services, and VPN companies to block Americans from reaching foreign websites accused of copyright infringement. The American Copyright Protection Act (ACPA), H.R. 10364, would newly and explicitly include VPN providers in site-blocking orders and broaden the definition of a target site beyond proposals such as FADPA, raising due-process and overblocking concerns even where affected sites have lawful uses.
Why it matters: This matters because site-blocking powers can spill over onto lawful speech and services, and this bill specifically reaches tools people use to bypass censorship or protect privacy. The practical implication is for civil-liberties groups, network providers, VPN operators, and the public to watch the bill closely because it could normalize broader blocking of online services in the U.S.
Joe Mullin
2026.10.02
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This article establishes a new tracked story around the specific ACPA bill and its expansion of U.S. site-blocking authority to VPN providers.
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