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Re:Show HN: NextDNS Adds "Bypass Age Verification" by perihelions on Sunday August 17, 2025 @04:25PM (#44934650)
> "content that encourages use of VPNs to get around age checks"

I think "...to get around age checks" is controlling. It isn't illegal to promote VPN's in that country; it's illegal to promote their usefulness in circumventing other laws.

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Re:Show HN: NextDNS Adds "Bypass Age Verification" by neilcj on Sunday August 17, 2025 @04:32PM (#44934707)
The law reads like it applies to platforms required to do the checks rather than third party service providers.
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Re:Show HN: NextDNS Adds "Bypass Age Verification" by JdeBP on Sunday August 17, 2025 @11:41PM (#44937182)
* https://legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/contents

Which section of the Online Safety Act 2023 is that in, please?

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