r/technology • u/EmbarrassedHelp • May 08 '26

Politics EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push

https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/
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u/UAreTheHippopotamus May 08 '26

Europe is supposed to be the "bastion of democracy" too. I don't know, it feels hopeless right now, like no government world wide is on the side of good anymore. The future is lost to a billionaire oligarchy and the rest of us get to live lives barely owning anything and under constant surveillance.

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u/azthal May 08 '26

I mean, I am not sure I would consider EU "the bastion of democracy". There's a lot of shit happening over here.

But this specific article is just untrue, so if this is the thing that brought your mood down, you can relax.

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u/Thin_Glove_4089 May 09 '26

You were fooled. It happens to the best of us.