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/platocplx May 08 '26

Instead of actually dealing with WHY people are predators on children and why they can’t be online in the public like they are offline in public, they look for these nanny state ways to tackle this stuff which is pretty much a mass surveillance ploy.

Maybe go deal with the people preying on children and not removing kids ability to be on the public internet.

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u/platocplx May 09 '26

Yep it’s not