The UK won’t restrict VPNs after all, and its own research is why
The UK looked set to crack down on VPNs as it tightens the rules for children online. Instead it has backed off, and its own research is the reason why.
Online Safety Minister Kanishka Narayan put it plainly on the BBC. “We decided not to limit VPNs,” he said. A VPN hides a user’s real location, which is one way to slip past an age check.
The decision landed alongside the UK’s new midnight social-media curfew for 16 and 17-year-olds. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall confirmed it in a written statement, saying VPNs have “legitimate privacy and security uses.”
What the research found
The government had commissioned a study of more than 2,000 children, and the numbers undercut the case for a ban. About a quarter of 11 to 17-year-olds have used a VPN. Most do so for privacy, not to break the rules, the report found.
Only around 7%...
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