“The UK war on VPNs is an embarrassment” | Jimmy Wales
https://alecmuffett.com/article/143312
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #vpns
“The UK war on VPNs is an embarrassment” | Jimmy Wales
https://alecmuffett.com/article/143312
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #vpns
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The UK war on VPNs is an embarassment. For child safety, we should be teaching children about Internet safety – including why you should use a VPN to protect your privacy, block malware, etc.
To keep children safe, we are legislating to prevent them being safer online? Mad.
https://x.com/jimmy_wales/status/2015799679762448515?s=20
⊞ #ageVerification #onlineSafety #onlineSafetyAct #vpnsOn Australia's social media ban for under-16s: The downsides of the age-restricted internet are obvious, but at this point I just think we all need to wait and see whether it works at all https://youtu.be/Qf4uVSFwyOE #australia #censorship #socialmedia #vpns
Please, if you are using a free VPN, other than ProtonVPN, stop!!! If you need a VPN then pay for it. And don't pick some cheap one with no reputation either. Pick a reputable one.
They are hugely expensive to run and if they are free, run by some unknown, they are getting their profits in ways you won't like.
https://cybersecuritynews.com/malicious-free-vpn-extension-with-9-million-installs/
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued #ID before you can access certain content, because #politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Private Networks ( #VPNs ) to protect their #privacy and bypass these invasive laws. Their solution? Entirely ban the use of VPNs.
#ageverification #VPN #security
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued #ID before you can access certain content, because #politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Private Networks ( #VPNs ) to protect their #privacy and bypass these invasive laws. Their solution? Entirely ban the use of VPNs.
#ageverification #VPN #security
VPNs must not face the chop 🚫
Next week the UK House of Lords will debate whether VPNs undermine the Online Safety Act.
Banning or blocking VPNs will shatter security, privacy and free expression in a self-defeating attempt to make the unworkable workable.
Read our briefing ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-vpns-and-the-online-safety-act/
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #VPN #VPNs #privacy #cybersecurity #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #ageverification
VPNs aren’t a meaningful threat to age assurance.
⚫ 6–12 year olds are very unlikely to use them, due to technological and economic barriers.
⚫ Older teens already know other workarounds. For these teenagers educational rather than ineffectve technical interventions might be more appropriate.
⚫ Adults use VPNs as they don’t trust unregulated age assurance providers with their personal data.
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA#VPN#VPNs #privacy #cybersecurity #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
VPNs protect families, businesses and democracy.
They keep NHS data secure, help parents manage online risks, and give people in repressive states access to news.
Treating VPNs as a “problem” is misguided. Attacking them is an exercise in throwing the baby out with the bath water.
Efforts should focus on educational measures for young people and regulating the age verification industry.
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA#VPN#VPNs #privacy #cybersecurity #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
VPNs must not face the chop 🚫
Next week the UK House of Lords will debate whether VPNs undermine the Online Safety Act.
Banning or blocking VPNs will shatter security, privacy and free expression in a self-defeating attempt to make the unworkable workable.
Read our briefing ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-vpns-and-the-online-safety-act/
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #VPN #VPNs #privacy #cybersecurity #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #ageverification
VPNs aren’t a meaningful threat to age assurance.
⚫ 6–12 year olds are very unlikely to use them, due to technological and economic barriers.
⚫ Older teens already know other workarounds. For these teenagers educational rather than ineffectve technical interventions might be more appropriate.
⚫ Adults use VPNs as they don’t trust unregulated age assurance providers with their personal data.
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA#VPN#VPNs #privacy #cybersecurity #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
VPNs must not face the chop 🚫
Next week the UK House of Lords will debate whether VPNs undermine the Online Safety Act.
Banning or blocking VPNs will shatter security, privacy and free expression in a self-defeating attempt to make the unworkable workable.
Read our briefing ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-vpns-and-the-online-safety-act/
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #VPN #VPNs #privacy #cybersecurity #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #ageverification
Quite rightly, they are asking for suspension and a rethink.
Where is the opposition within Labour, Jeremy Corbyn's new grouping and the UK Green Parties? I hope they can also speak out against this car crash.
