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VPNs aren’t just for privacy.

They’re essential cybersecurity tools that protect our personal data, help people to work or study remotely, and defend against cyber threats.

Restricting them makes everyone less safe – including children.

Sign and share the petition to protect VPN use in the UK ➡️ https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-protect-vpn-use-uk

#SafeAndSecure #ProtectVPNs #vpn #cybersecurity #onlinesafety #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol

Today we’ve joined over 20 organisations to urge the UK Government to protect children online without making the internet less secure by restricting VPNs.

Child safety and security aren’t competing objectives – we need both.

Read our letter ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/joint-letter-protect-vpns/

#SafeAndSecure #ProtectVPNs #vpn #cybersecurity #onlinesafety #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol

VPNs aren’t just for privacy.

They’re essential cybersecurity tools that protect our personal data, help people to work or study remotely, and defend against cyber threats.

Restricting them makes everyone less safe – including children.

Sign and share the petition to #ProtectVPNs ⬇️

Tell the Government: Protect V...

VPNs can help protect children's security online too. They aren’t just used to avoid content blocks.

Restrictions will deter people from using a core cybersecurity tool and create greater risks.

Privacy is online safety #ProtectVPNs ✊️

Sign the petition ➡️ action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-governm...

The only way to create an ironclad age verification system is extreme digital authoritarianism.

Restrictions on VPNs are an attack on the open Internet and our ability to be secure online – the antithesis of online safety.

Read our briefing ➡️ www.openrightsgroup.org/publications...

#ProtectVPNs

Aside from restrictions, it's been suggested that sites should detect VPN use and bounce users into age verification.

This would be technically flawed, privacy-invasive and would exclude lawful Internet users because VPN traffic can look identical to ordinary encrypted web traffic.

#ProtectVPNs

Banning or blocking VPNs will shatter cybersecurity in a self-defeating attempt to make the unworkable workable.

Creating uncertainty around core Internet infrastructure could undermine the UK’s credibility as a stable place for digital businesses and security innovation.

#ProtectVPNs

VPNs aren’t a meaningful threat to age verification measures.

⚫ 6-12 year olds are very unlikely to use them due to technological and economic barriers.

⚫ Older teens already know other workarounds.

Banning or restricting VPNs is overreach. The price is our privacy and security.

#ProtectVPNs

An adult using a VPN doesn't impact the safety of a child online.

Adults use VPNs because they don’t trust age verification providers with their personal data.

Something the government has refused to deal with by regulating the industry to ensure high standards of data protection.

#ProtectVPNs

Treating VPNs as a 'problem' is foolish.

They help parents manage online risks, support secure remote working, protect people in abusive situations, and provide a lifeline to people in repressive States. MPs themselves use them!

Attacking VPNs throws the baby out with the bath water.

#ProtectVPNs

The only way to create an ironclad age verification system in the UK is extreme digital authoritarianism.

Restrictions on VPNs are an attack on the open Internet and our ability to be secure online – the antithesis of online safety.

Read our briefing ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-vpns-and-the-online-safety-act/

#ProtectVPNs #vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

VPNs can help protect children's security online too. They aren’t just used to avoid content blocks.

Restrictions will deter people from using a core cybersecurity tool and create greater risks.

Privacy is online safety ✊️

Sign the petition to #ProtectVPNs in the UK ➡️ https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-protect-vpn-use-uk

#vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

Aside from restrictions, it's been suggested that sites should detect VPN use and bounce users into age verification.

This would be technically flawed, privacy-invasive and would exclude lawful Internet users because VPN traffic can look identical to ordinary encrypted web traffic.

Read our briefing ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-vpns-and-the-online-safety-act/

#ProtectVPNs #vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

Treating VPNs as a 'problem' is foolish.

They help parents manage online risks, support secure remote working, protect people in abusive situations, and provide a lifeline to people in repressive States.

UK MPs themselves use them!

Attacking VPNs throws the baby out with the bath water.

Read our briefing ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-vpns-and-the-online-safety-act/

#ProtectVPNs #vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

An adult using a VPN doesn't impact the safety of a child online.

Adults use VPNs because they don’t trust age verification providers with their personal data.

Something the UK government has refused to deal with by regulating the industry to ensure high standards of data protection.

Read more ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/regulating-age-verification/

#ProtectVPNs #vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

VPNs aren’t a meaningful threat to age verification measures.

⚫ 6-12 year olds are very unlikely to use them due to technological and economic barriers.

⚫ Older teens already know other workarounds.

Banning or restricting VPNs in the UK is overreach. The price is our privacy and security.

Read our briefing ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-vpns-and-the-online-safety-act/

#ProtectVPNs #vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

Banning or blocking VPNs in the UK will shatter cybersecurity in a self-defeating attempt to make the unworkable workable.

Creating uncertainty around core Internet infrastructure could undermine the UK’s credibility as a stable place for digital businesses and security innovation.

Read our briefing ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-vpns-and-the-online-safety-act/

#ProtectVPNs #vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

The UK government could announce restrictions on VPNs next month.

This would threaten our privacy and security.

VPNs keep young people safe from harassment. Businesses secure. Journalists, activists and whistleblowers protected.

Here's why we must #ProtectVPNs 🧵

Sign the petition if you agree ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-protect-vpn-use-uk

#vpn #vpns #cybersecurity #privacy #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ageverification #StopKillingTheInternet #ukpolitics #ukpol

The UK government could announce restrictions on VPNs next month. This would threaten our privacy and security. VPNs keep young people safe from harassment. Businesses secure. Journalists, activists and whistleblowers protected. Here's why we must #ProtectVPNs 🧵 Sign the petition if you agree ⬇️

Tell the Government: Protect V...

VPNs help people stay safe and secure online. If adults use them to by-pass ID checks, it's because they don't trust unregulated age verification providers with their data. We mustn't bulldoze cybersecurity with another authoritarian attack on the open Internet. Sign the petition #ProtectVPNs ⬇️

Tell the Government: Protect V...

🚨 First the social media ban, now the UK government wants to restrict VPNs 🚨

VPNs are a vital cybersecurity tool for businesses, politicians, journalists and families to protect data and communications.

Banning or requiring digital ID checks before buying VPNs would increase cybercrime risks and expose IP addresses to predators.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2217934/vpn-ban-table-july-labour

#vpn #socialmediaban #ageverification #ukpolitics #cybersecurity #onlinesafety #ukpol #vpns #ProtectVPNs #privacy #onlinesafetyact

VPNs help people stay safe and secure online.

If adults use them to by-pass ID checks, it's because they don't trust unregulated age verification providers with their data.

We mustn't bulldoze cybersecurity with another authoritarian attack on the open Internet.

Sign the petition #ProtectVPNs in the UK ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-protect-vpn-use-uk

#vpn #socialmediaban #ageverification #ukpolitics #cybersecurity #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol