Re:UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
by chrisjj on Monday January 26, 2026 @10:01AM
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I think it will successfully strech that far (especially after VPN provders move into VPS to avoid) not least because no-one but the provider could be held responsible.
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Re:UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
by melevittfl on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @04:12AM
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I don't understand what "VPN providers move onto VPS to avoid" means? Can you clarify?
I can't see how they could apply it to VPS providers without meaning AWS, GCP, Digital Ocean, etc would all start having to do age verification checks. Can't imagine here would not be a massive push back against that.
Re:UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
by chrisjj on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @04:34AM
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I meant VPN providers offer VPS as a substitute.
I think they would include AWS and the pushback would be ineffective. Many AWS users could be immediately age-verified by existing payment card info.
Re:UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
by melevittfl on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @09:51AM
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By VPS, I mean a generic compute instance that can run whatever you want. Like a Linux instance. I'm not sure what you mean by "VPN providers offer VPS as a substitute" in that context.
Paying by card isn't enough to verify age. They'd have to specifically verify via passport or other ID.
Re:UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
by chrisjj on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @07:03AM
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> Paying by card isn't enough to verify age.
It is in UK.
Ofcom, the media regulator, has set out a number of ways websites can verify the age of users, external, including through credit card checks ...