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Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told
(www.bbc.co.uk)
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this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2025
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If I was a repressive government, I wouldn't want to ban VPNs. What I'd want is identity verification before you booted the VPN up, ideally in the form of some program or application running on your device, so that I, the repressive government, can track what you do through the VPN.
If I was a repressive government, I would want my citizens to be secure from non-governmental threats, if for no other reason than to my government look better.
Besides, if it helps, VPNs are really hard to ban. China has been trying for decades now without much success.
It's better to have it be illegal, and available. That way the government can selectively prosecute and punish (political) opponents.