Vote stupid far rights, get stupid far eight policies.
This is sickening. Restricting access should be done at the ISP level and should be opt-in for those with kids. A password can be set by the parent.
We all really know this is about control.
Not at the ISP level, at the DNS/hosts file level.
“Please verify your age”
Please fuck off.
But I need to keep track of you so I can better control you!
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The headline is vert clickbaity : it does not affect VPN users (the law forbids age-gated websites from promoting VPNs as a circumvention), and the whole article is just an ad for VPNs
Tbh I would generally welcome a VPN-industrial-complex as long as it doesn’t result in a small ring of big names lobbying for systematic monopolistic dominance as to crush anything that doesn’t require PII… but I’m sure commercial and state interests would converge :/
Didn’t read the article, as you said it’s just an ad for VPNs. But one way this affects VPN users is that now you can’t VPN into Italy to use a service without hitting the age verification prompt. That just sucks!
This would have been a (if not the only) good point to make in the article considering the title. But I guess this would have taken space away from ads
