Mozilla, the non-profit tech giant behind the Firefox browser and has warned regulators that age-restricting VPNs “would undermine the privacy and security of all users”.

In a formal submission to the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Mozilla pushed back against a recent consultation that considers age-gating the best VPN services to stop minors from bypassing age checks mandated by the Online Safety Act.

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    1 day ago

    No no no. Just take the American approach. Shoot the kids in the schools! What? Is that a bad idea?

    Oh, it is?

    Well so is age verification.