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Old 17-08-2025, 14:08   #1359
RichardCoulter
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Re: Online Safety Bill Etc

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Originally Posted by Paul View Post
Thats the point of VPNs, they dont appear to be from the UK anymore.

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Btw, do you really think those 1 million visitors were underage ?
Not all of them no, I suspect that some will be adults who can't be bothered verifying their age, aren't able to do so or don't feel comfortable passing personal details onto a porn site who have decided to go down the VPN route instead.

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Originally Posted by Carth View Post
Taken from that BBC page:


That's probably because those viewing in the UK are now, miraculously, viewing from Albania, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Romania, Turkey etc etc
Good point.

Re: The earlier rumour that the Government was thinking of banning the use of VPN's. The answer is no and it won't matter too much as not many children actively seek out inappropriate material, it finds them:

https://www.express.co.uk/finance/pe...eadmore-target

Last edited by RichardCoulter; 17-08-2025 at 14:17. Reason: Added link. FAC NAS.
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