Just in case it wasn’t obvious the first time around: applying age verification to VPNs to stop children using them, will stop EVERYONE using them & thereby cause unpopular chaos, @peterkyle @ChildrensComm

PCMag:

A government commissioner calls for age verification for VPNs, citing the risk of children using them to bypass the UK’s Online Safety Act for easy access to adult content.

https://twitter.com/PCMag/status/1957880544605155412

#ageVerification #censorship #onlineSafety #onlineSafetyAct #PeterKyle #RachelDeSouza #surveillance #VPN

Please: at what point does it cease to be “stumbling across porn” for a teen (or indeed anyone) to install & enable a VPN and type “PORN” into a search query or URL?

The threat model which drove the online safety act was quite clear, and some of the minds behind it have already declared victory – so why is anyone trying to extend it further?

Perhaps the regulator can explain at what point “parenting” is meant to come back into play?

#ageVerification #censorship #ofcom #onlineSafety #onlineSafetyAct #RachelDeSouza #surveillance #VPN

Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told | BBC News

We need to start making the point that secure, anonymous communication is not the problem.

The problem is parenting.

Dame Rachel told BBC Newsnight: “Of course, we need age verification on VPNs – it’s absolutely a loophole that needs closing and that’s one of my major recommendations.”

She wants ministers to explore requiring VPNs “to implement highly effective age assurances to stop underage users from accessing pornography.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo

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