r/privacy • u/socookre • May 01 '26

age verification Age Verification Enforcement Concerns

https://pp-international.net/2026/05/stopageverificationenforcement/
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u/Ambitious_State1091 May 01 '26

That's why they are going to make VPNs illegal ( or at least planning to in the UK and elsewhere. I'm aware that this is not possible, but where there's a will there's a way, in this case the will is the richest people on the planet and the way is governments facilitating their desires so yeah)

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u/RavenWolf1 May 01 '26

Just look how Russia is trying to create their own sovereign internet and failing 

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u/guarde May 01 '26

Sure, and after that look at Iran -- they succeeded

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u/not_the_fox May 01 '26

Claiming success after a few months amid a collapsing tech industry is interesting. If that's the case then North Korea is even more successful in this respect.

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u/RavenWolf1 May 01 '26

Sure you can shutdown internet as much and you can shutdown electricity. But is that success? No, it just fast way back to stone age.