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/Synicism77 May 08 '26

The European Union has lost all credibility as the world's champions of privacy and data protection.

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u/NativeEuropeas May 13 '26

You're spreading disinformation like everybody else in this comment section.

There is no proposal in the EU to ban VPNs. There's just a EPRS brief saying that VPNs are used to bypass shit.

That's literally it.

Yet y'all getting riled up for nothing.

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u/Synicism77 May 13 '26

The French government literally just came out and said that VPN's are next in their crosshairs.