No, it's not age verification — privacy is the top reason UK children use a VPN

Teenage students are standing in the school hallway, all looking at their phones. - stock photo.

• Government report shows British kids mainly use a VPN to improve their privacy
• Only a fifth of VPN users use the tech to bypass age verification
• Pretending to be older is the most common way to dodge age checks

As the debate surrounding potential VPN restrictions heats up in the UK, a government report has cast doubt on whether such drastic measures are justified.