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UK Official Calls for Age Verification on VPNs to Prevent Porn Loophole (gizmodo.com)
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[โ€“] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

They are not the first country to ban vpns, those bans usually target 95% of individuals who are bad at tech not encrypted communications as a whole. Though I can see Britain ignoring that experience and just shooting itself in the face.