Comment on Fears grow that age verification coming to VPNs as a British research firm labels them a 'loophole'

atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Factually completely wrong headline. No British research involved; it’s an EU parliament briefing paper that cites a South African news article / opinion piece as “Some argue that this is a loophole in the legislation that needs closing and call for age verification to be required for VPNs as well”. The news article is a snarky written piece about how VPNs are being used to bypass the Online Safety Act. No research, no one apart from the journalist using the word “loophole” and no research saying this needs to be closed.

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  • atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You have to understand that the original headline I saw said something to the effect that the EU was trying to enact a law to close the loophole of VPN’s for age verification workaround.

    So while this headline is also problematic, the first headline was worse.

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