Topic: online safety act
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VPN Surge Amid Age Verification Laws Puts Open Internet at Risk
The UK's Online Safety Act has led to a surge in VPN usage as users seek to bypass new age verification requirements for adult content, highlighting tensions between privacy and regulation. Over 6,600 adult sites have adopted age checks, but critics warn these measures could enable broader survei...
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The VPN Panic Is Just Beginning
The UK's Online Safety Act implementation has caused a dramatic surge in VPN usage as residents use them to bypass new mandatory age verification requirements for online content. Government officials and the Children's Commissioner have identified VPNs as a major loophole undermining the child pr...
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UK PM Vows Action Against Grok's 'Disgusting' Deepfakes
The UK government is threatening regulatory action against social media platform X after its Grok AI chatbot was reportedly used to create sexualized deepfake images, particularly of minors, which Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned as "disgusting." The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has l...
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