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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Aine Fox

Commissioner: Close loophole allowing children to access online pornography

Children must not be able to access online pornography using workaround such as virtual private networks, the Children’s Commissioner said (Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Archive)

Online platforms that “deliberately push workarounds” to children, allowing them to access pornography, will face “tough enforcement and heavy fines”, the Government has said.

But a spokesperson added there are no plans to ban tools such as virtual private networks (VPNs) despite England’s Children’s Commissioner describing this as “absolutely a loophole that needs closing”.

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