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British government must age-verify VPN users, the government was told
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo
The government needs to stop children using virtual private networks (VPNs) to bypass age checks on porn sites, the children's commissioner for England has said.
Dame Rachel de Souza told BBC Newsnight it was "absolutely a loophole that needs closing" and called for age verification on VPNs.
VPNs can disguise your location online - allowing you to use the internet as though you are in another country. It means that they can be used to bypass requirements of the Online Safety Act, which mandated platforms with certain adult content to start checking the age of users.
The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology told the BBC "children have been left to grow up in a lawless online world for too long" and "the Online Safety Act is changing that'.
The government needs to stop children using virtual private networks (VPNs) to bypass age checks on porn sites, the children's commissioner for England has said.
Dame Rachel de Souza told BBC Newsnight it was "absolutely a loophole that needs closing" and called for age verification on VPNs.
VPNs can disguise your location online - allowing you to use the internet as though you are in another country. It means that they can be used to bypass requirements of the Online Safety Act, which mandated platforms with certain adult content to start checking the age of users.
The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology told the BBC "children have been left to grow up in a lawless online world for too long" and "the Online Safety Act is changing that'.