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EU calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" in age verification push

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EU calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing" in age verification push

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RSS BotBM to Hacker NewsEnglish · 5 months ago
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The European Parliamentary Research Service has warned that VPNs are increasingly being used to bypass online age-verification systems.

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  • DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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    Looks like it was never about “protect the children”

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      It’s probably a convoluted way to track the children for pedos. Like Lifetouch was for Epstein.

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    • a4ng3l@lemmy.world
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      My money is on the majors / ip rights holders being pushing for this. VPNs have always annoyed them a whole lot.

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