US messageboard 4Chan mocks £520,000 fine for UK online safety breaches

Regime6045: > And once everyone blocks the UK, it also won’t be enough, and they’ll ask for age verification for using a VPN or ban VPNs altogether. ISPs don´t block Reddit and X in the UK because they have implemented age verification for UK users. There is currently a three-month government consultation about VPNs in the UK, they can´t ban them before the consultation is over. That should happen around Summer. > The prime minister’s office is considering formal ways to block children from using VPNs, sparking concerns about an age-verification requirement that could defeat the purpose of using one. https://uk.pcmag.com/vpn/163208/vpns-are-supposed-to-protect-your-privacy-will-the-uk-govt-destroy-that