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The New Digital Divide: Why Some Content Is Still Geo-Blocked in 2025

Summary by CGMagazine
Scroll through any social media feed in 2025, and you’ll notice an odd contradiction. On one hand, a teenager in Nairobi can share the same dance challenge with a retiree in São Paulo in real time. On the other hand, that same retiree can’t legally stream the series the teenager is referencing because episode four is locked behind the familiar “This content is not available in your region” screen.  Geo-blocking, once dismissed as a temporary rel…
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The New Digital Divide: Why Some Content Is Still Geo-Blocked in 2025

Scroll through any social media feed in 2025, and you’ll notice an odd contradiction. On one hand, a teenager in Nairobi can share the same dance challenge with a retiree in São Paulo in real time. On the other hand, that same retiree can’t legally stream the series the teenager is referencing because episode four is locked behind the familiar “This content is not available in your region” screen.  Geo-blocking, once dismissed as a temporary rel…

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CGMagazine broke the news in on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
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