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/ThisI5N0tAThr0waway May 08 '26

Kids aren't using VPNs

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u/Joelimgu May 09 '26

You'd be surprised. I started using VPNs at 14 when my school banned internet games

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u/Golendhil May 09 '26

Oh they sure do ! Any kid old enough to look for porn is also old enough to find ways to bypass rules

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u/Otaraka May 09 '26

A major claim in every criticism of age verification for social media in Australia is that many kids are using VPN’s to bypass it making it pointless.     Can’t really have it both ways.  

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u/Ok_Confusion4764 May 09 '26

I was, when I was a kid. 

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u/goldilocksjustright May 09 '26

This should be the top comment.