The way most of these blocks work is relatively simple: they block IP addresses - each website's unique identifier - either specific ones or even an entire range of them. Plenty of places use some kind of internet censorship to control what their population sees online- China's Great Firewall is one of the strictest examples, though far from the only one.
How Does Internet Censorship (Usually) Work?īefore we get to how VPNs and Shadowsocks work, let's take a look at the bogeyman they're trying to defeat.
