Dame Rachel de Souza, England's children's commissioner, urges the government to prevent children from using VPNs to circumvent age verification on adult websites. Findings indicate a rising percentage of children encountering pornography online, often accidentally. VPNs disguise users' locations, enabling them to bypass regulations mandated by the Online Safety Act. Despite the demand for stricter controls, a government spokesperson affirmed the legality of VPNs for adults, with no plans to impose a ban. The call for improved age verification on VPN services is critical to protect minors from harmful content.
Dame Rachel de Souza emphasized that VPNs provide a critical loophole allowing children to evade age verification on pornography sites; she called for stringent regulatory measures.
The Online Safety Act mandates age verification for adult content, but VPNs allow users to bypass these checks, leading to increased exposure of minors to pornography.
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