The politicians and VPN providers who are saying "No, VPN's will not be banned" are spouting the 2023 version of "No, we're not introducing Vaccine Passports" that we saw at the beginning of 2021.

There are financial vested interests who want VPN's (and the Darkweb) gone to protect their bottom lines and restrict copyrighted content and speech. Just like how the pharmaceutical industry operates, as we've seen in the last few years. "Banning TikTok" just provides a nice sounding selling point for the masses as "eradicating the virus" did.

Follow the money.