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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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Yes but China, Russia, Iran, etc all have national-level firewalls in place. You can go in China and chances are your VPN won't work, and if it does the whole country is fucking network-hostile (like I've seen reports of the USB charger ports in hotels trying to hack into phones).
UK, as far as I know, doesn't have any kind of similar national level firewall. Nor does USA or most other 'civilized' nations.
And without that national firewall, all these laws are crap. Because unless you're physically prevented by the firewall from downloading or using VPNs or similar tools, all the laws in the world are just a padlock on a cardboard box.