Parliament itself recommends VPN use for its members:
Labour’s Lord Knight acknowledged that VPNs could “undermine the child safety gains of the Online Safety Act” but warned that age-gating the apps could be “extremely problematic”. He said:
“My phone uses a VPN, following a personal device cyber consultation offered by this Parliament. VPNs can make us more secure, and we should not rush to deprive children of that safety.”
Maybe there could be a VPN service that doesn’t require age verification but doesn’t provide access to porn or social media?
There is probably a solution. But on balance I’d rather kids didn’t get access to porn and social media. And if that means age verification for VPN I’m comfortable with that. Unless somebody can come up with a better solution
Parliament itself recommends VPN use for its members:
You’re right. Parliament also has a bar where they serve alcohol.
They’re not banning VPNs. They’re attempting to limit use to adults.
I know, I’m also highlighting what he says about how we should not rush to deny that protection to children.
Maybe there could be a VPN service that doesn’t require age verification but doesn’t provide access to porn or social media?
There is probably a solution. But on balance I’d rather kids didn’t get access to porn and social media. And if that means age verification for VPN I’m comfortable with that. Unless somebody can come up with a better solution