This was *entirely obvious* from the very *instant* that "age verification" was mooted, and yet policymakers pretended they couldn't hear the chorus of people who pointed it out. When cornered on the issue, they were affronted: "Can't you see that something must be done? How dare you attempt to stop me from doing *something*?"
And now, every single one of these chucklefucks is proposing bans on VPNs, from Utah:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/utahs-new-law-regulating-vpns-goes-effect-next-week
To the UK:
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/18/mozilla-warns-uk-breaking-vpns-will-not-magically-fix-britains-age-check-mess/5241770
11/
Cory Doctorow
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2026-05-19 08:14:20 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…pehf
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