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Chiara Castro

"VPNs are not kryptonite of age assurance" – Age verification experts explain why governments don’t need to ban VPNs

VPN apps on iPhone.

Using a VPN service should not be an obstacle to effectively enforcing mandatory age verification checks, like those recently implemented in the UK.

This is the response coming from the Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) to the surge in VPN demand across the UK since the new rules came into play. The surge has also raised the question of whether VPN tools would make the Online Safety Act implementation ineffective.

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