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VPN prohibition harms everyone

Proposed VPN regulations, purportedly for child protection, will dismantle internet security and privacy for all citizens, enabling unprecedented surveillance

VPN prohibition harms everyone
FO Take · Score 10

The UK government’s intent to regulate VPNs is a thinly veiled assault on digital privacy disguised as child protection. This move will not safeguard children; it will simply grant unprecedented surveillance powers to the state, erode personal freedoms, and cripple cybersecurity infrastructure. We reject any policy that sacrifices universal rights for politically expedient, ineffective measures. How much more control will we cede before we resist

The strongest counter

VPN regulation is a necessary evil to protect vulnerable children from online predators. Only those with illicit activities to hide would object to reasonable safeguards that ensure a safer digital environment for the next generation

Audit trail
  • ·Privacy is a right
  • ·Security risk ignored
  • ·State overreach
  • ·Child safety pretext
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