New Zealand denies VPN restrictions following fierce privacy backlash
- New Zealand's Education Minister denies any plans to restrict or ban VPNs
- Reports previously alleged it was part of the teen social media ban package
- Prime Minister Christopher Luxon also confirmed "no plan to ban VPNs"
The New Zealand government has officially denied any plans to restrict or ban VPN apps as part of its upcoming under-16 social media ban, putting an end to intense speculation and a rapid backlash from digital privacy advocates.
The saga began following a report from The Post that Education Minister Erica Stanford said the government was considering any restrictions on VPNs as part of the country's under-16 social media ban.
Because a Virtual Private Network (VPN)can easily spoof a user's location and bypass local network blocks, the technology was viewed by some officials as a potential roadblock to enforcing age verification mandates.
New Zealand VPN ban's privacy backlash
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