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Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told
The children's commissioner for England tells the BBC virtual private networks are a "loophole that needs closing.
Virtual private networks connect users to websites using a remote server and conceal their actual IP address and location, meaning they can circumvent blocks on particular sites or content. "This tells us how much of the problem is about the design of platforms, algorithms and recommendation systems that put harmful content in front of children who never sought it out," the commissioner said, calling for the report to act as a "line in the sand". On Dame Rachel's VPN comments, the spokesperson said there are no plans to ban them "but if platforms deliberately push workarounds like VPNs to children, they face tough enforcement and heavy fines."
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