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EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push
(cyberinsider.com)
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this post was submitted on 09 May 2026
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As a parent myself I do sort of wonder why parents are incapable of dealing with their own children. They're really stupid, it isn't that hard.
But also my parents barely understood what the internet was, I turned out absolutely fine, I don't feel the need to do anything particularly objectionable. Why can't everyone just calm down?
Because it's not about that.
It's backee by large companies like meta who pay millions
While I agree with your point hat parents need to shoulder a lot more of the responsibility, there is a huge difference between the internet of today and the internet of even 10 years ago.
I grew up online and turned out fine, but I also didn’t have my entire digital identity tied into several social media sites whose only purpose is to make money out of my existence with predatory practices. I didn’t grow up in a world where all communication happened through these sites, and not being on them restricted my access to real world people and businesses. I didn’t grow up in a world where YouTube specifically and deliberately fed me dangerous content in a steady stream because foreign weirdos gamed the algorithm. Sure, I saw the odd beheading video but those links usually came from a real human being.
You're both right, and you're both missing the point since you're engaging with their "save the childrun!" smokescreen.
This is about ending anonymity and privacy on the net, plain and simple.
No I understand that's the objective but you have to engage with them on the platform they've chosen. If they want to argue that we need to save the children then they need to demonstrate an arguement along those lines.
Force the companies to behave, not the populace to be controlled.
There is a local initiative going around for age verification software and I am baffled that anybody support that, and moreso that parents created a software and the initiative.