Stop being interested in pornography, teenagers. You're causing big problems for the government.
this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2025
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Teenagers, stop doing activity X. Activity X is very bad for you. Your government wants all teenagers to listen and not participate in activity X.
Heeelllloooo Streisand Effect.
tbf I don't think teenagers generally need the government saying "don't be interested in sex" to make them more interested in sex.
Probably more helpful to say "Stop using VPNs to watch porn"... helpful for VPN providers' sales, I mean.
Yeah, that's more of where I was headed with that one. Teens don't need encouragement to do the deed, their hormones will take care of that for them lol
Similar stuff happening in India lol. They banned like 850 porn sites in 2018 but didn't just stop there. Every year there are waves of "porn bans" and most recently they banned redgifs as well. Almost like certain authorities are fixated on porn.
So how do you go about closing virtual PRIVATE networks that are usually used in business and especially banking? Hmm. Bit of a big brainer isn't it.
I bet they're gonna try and require VPN websites to put age checks on them.
Oh boy, I can’t wait for the thriving trade in VPN accounts made outside of the UK then sold to UK citizens by a third party.
Don't touch my bag!
"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".
From the report text:
Content warning
This report is not intended to be read by children.
This report makes frequent reference to sexual harassment and sexual violence. This includes descriptions of pornographic content, language and discussion of sexual abuse.
By the commissioner's standard, the commission's report itself should probably be behind an age-gated access method or at least not indexed by Google.
So they installed all this surveillance for no reason... Damn...
Don't VPN services usually require you to pay through means only available to adults? Isn't that age verification enough?