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And, worse, they abuse the HTTP 451 status for that.

No, I don't live in a country that censors the website - it's the company who owns the website that wants to do things with my data that my country (and myself) considers illegal.




How is that supposed to be abuse? The website is unavailable because the way they operate isn't legal in your jurisdiction. 451 seems perfectly appropriate


It's not the content that's illegal. It's the business practices of whoever hosts the content that are.

There is no government censorship imposed on the content - it's a company that's unwilling to comply with the law.




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