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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

Fears grow that age verification coming to VPNs as a British research firm labels them a 'loophole'

www.tomshardware.com

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Fears grow that age verification coming to VPNs as a British research firm labels them a 'loophole'

www.tomshardware.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

Fears grow that age verification coming to VPNs as a British research firm labels them a 'loophole' — one app developer saw downloads surge by 1,800% in just the first month after the UK's Online Safety Act took effect

www.tomshardware.com

The very tools regulators want to restrict are surging in popularity.

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That was never the issue. They want to control other people’s kids

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