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  • > Rather than age-gating technologies like VPNs, we believe that regulators should address the root causes of online harm by holding platforms to account

    Honest question: if you tell Pornhub "now you will be fined heavily if you let 10-year old kids access porn", won't Pornhub implement some kind of age verification?

    How else would the platform "address the root cause"?

    by palata
  • That's why the government wants to get rid of them.
    by borzi
  • While their arguments are sound, Perhaps Mozilla should disclose in this document that they are also a VPN reseller.
    by speedgoose
  • 1984 was meant to be a warning, not the UK’s digital infrastructure roadmap
    by robotswantdata
  • Has Google made a statement like this?

    I guess since I complain about Mozilla a lot for their past 5-10 years (minimum) of poor management decisions, I should give them their due when they do come out with a statement of support on our rights.

    by wormius
  • It is perhaps worth highlighting that Mozilla has done this in response to a specific UK government consultation [1] all about "growing up in the online world", which has, buried about 30 pages deep, a specific question about age-gating VPNs and similar technologies.

    As far as I can tell, there is no requirement to be a UK citizen to answer this – if you are, were, or could be resident in the UK I urge you to fill it out and help provide a voice of reason...

    [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-th...

    by azalemeth
  • Something I learned just recently—the Australian government (surprisingly!) actually recommends VPN usage, they even provide a bit of a guide and how to; https://beconnected.esafety.gov.au/topic-library/advanced-on...
    by ayashko

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