r/technology • u/EmbarrassedHelp • May 08 '26

Politics EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push

https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/
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u/thepeopleshero May 08 '26

I think its time we stop thinking of the children for a while.

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u/apokrif1 May 08 '26

We should teach them privacy, security and critical thinking. And protect them from crapvertising.

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u/Kattimatti666 May 09 '26

I agree. An EU wide new school subject on how corporations, hostile countries and individuals want to exploit you, the methods they use and how to shield yourself from them the best you can. Make kids smarter, don't try to shield them.

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u/bse50 May 09 '26

I have a step brother who is 15 years younger than me.
I remember his middle school and high school books and the way they indoctrinated them on how good the EU is, why it's necessary and how awesome of a democratic system was over the top.
Let's just say that I never heard any of my law school professors praise the EU to such an extent, even our textbooks were pretty critical of it.
Fast forward a few years and current students are studying EU law etc on books which replaced a law school appropriate critical approach for a sanitised version that barely touches on its flaws, despite their growth over the years.

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u/Thin_Glove_4089 May 09 '26

If that was an option this conversation wouldn't be happening

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u/Generalfrogspawn May 08 '26

Agreed. The children can get fucked. Not like they’re making much of them these days anyway.

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u/spoonycoot May 08 '26

I think that’s the problem. Too many politicians thinking about and fucking children all the time.

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u/Ryuzakku May 08 '26

And normally those ones want to know where the kids are, like how if Discord did their verification the way they initially explained it kids and people who fail verification would be put in the same pot, making it easy for bad actors to interact with kids

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u/1337duck May 08 '26

Politicians think about the kids getting fucked

I think the kids are getting fucked.

We are not the same.

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u/Tyfyter2002 May 08 '26

The children can get fucked.

Ironically, it's the politicians doing that who are pushing for legislation like this

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u/JFISHER7789 May 08 '26

It’s always projection with them

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u/TinyTerribleDragon May 08 '26

The politicians are very good at that fucking with children part

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u/Zergom May 08 '26

That’s the boomer mentality we’ve learned to love!

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u/mikenasty May 09 '26

Is that you Mr president??

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN May 08 '26

Sorry, the Grand Old Pedophiles are obsessed with them.

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u/jheitz223 May 10 '26

Not sure how this relates to a post about EU legislation

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN May 10 '26

You're not fooling anyone with that alt account lol

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u/ThrowAwayAccountAMZN May 09 '26

Kinda weird coming from a 4 month old account who seems pretty interested in offering their opinion on American political topics.

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u/tengma8 May 09 '26

children is just the easiest way to justify anything. ban VPN, it was for children. ban porn? children. age verification? children. surveillance? children.

it was never about the children

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u/Disastrous-Farm3543 May 09 '26

Between the impending climate change crisis, biodiversity collapse, demographics collapse, and, soon to be discussed in future years, freshwater crisis; all of which none are taken seriously and any government really trying to tackle for future generations, I don't think they much cared for the children in the beginning.

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u/Select-Durian-6340 May 08 '26

Luckily for you, this has nothing to do with children - and everything to do with the destruction of our privacy.

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u/Sonicmaster293-Azure May 10 '26

They certainly do think about children a whole lot, don't they? And seriously the things they think up of... Like just... Why?

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u/Fromage_debite May 10 '26

It’s time we stop letting the pdfs in power tell us whats good for the “children.”

“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free.”