UK Online Safety Regulations and impact on Forums
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This was the quote I was trying to find the other day
"The UK's regulator for enforcing the new age verification requirements, Ofcom, has naturally advised against using a VPN as a workaround.
In a statement to the BBC, it confirmed that it will be illegal for platforms to "host, share or permit content encouraging the use of VPNs to get around age checks".
So yes it does seem that advertising VPN's on a site that comes under the remit of the OSA could be an issue. But presumably only if it's a site that actually requires age veriification - eg an adult site or certain topic site.
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"The UK's regulator for enforcing the new age verification requirements, Ofcom, has naturally advised against using a VPN as a workaround.
In a statement to the BBC, it confirmed that it will be illegal for platforms to "host, share or permit content encouraging the use of VPNs to get around age checks".
So yes it does seem that advertising VPN's on a site that comes under the remit of the OSA could be an issue. But presumably only if it's a site that actually requires age veriification - eg an adult site or certain topic site.
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There are a plenty of dissenting voices, as age verification kicks in