UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill
UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets
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I can't see anywhere in the article that says they may be 'banned'.
They can try though. They can also try and collect water in a sieve.
Eh, a back bencher has called for a report on how VPNs interfere with ofcoms ability to enforce/regulate the online safety act within 6 months.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/vpns-online-safety-bill-labour-champion-b2239810.html
"My new clause 54 would require the Secretary of State to publish, within six months of the Bill’s passage, a report on the effect of VPN use on Ofcom’s ability to enforce the requirements under clause 112.
"If VPNs cause significant issues, the Government must identify those issues and find solutions, rather than avoiding difficult problems."
The likely conclusion of that report is that "VPNs circumvent the age verification requirement, so circumvent the OSA, so VPNs must be banned"
Yes, I read that. 'Likely conclusion' does not equal a ban though.
I'm just being a bit pedantic about the headline - this whole thing is crappy (and unworkable) enough as it is, without jumping to conclusions.
The only other solutions to "VPNs circumvent OSA" are:
They are going to make consumer use of anything that changes the public source address of a packet illegal.
How they enforce that, I dunno.
Like the whole OSA, it seems really poorly thought out. I dunno how they completely overlooked VPN usage
It’s about time we banned CGNAT.
Somehow I don't see this being a popular move
