Yes, obviously. They will say that the VPN providers themselves are subject to the Online Safety Act because they indirectly provide websites that show porn and let you chat to adults. Therefore the VPN providers must do age checks themselves. If they don’t, they can’t offer services in the UK (as with any other website).
It’s shit, but they can do it if they want to. I predict they will, because currently you can trivially bypass the OSA with a free Proton VPN account and zero effort.
Yes, obviously. They will say that the VPN providers themselves are subject to the Online Safety Act because they indirectly provide websites that show porn and let you chat to adults. Therefore the VPN providers must do age checks themselves. If they don’t, they can’t offer services in the UK (as with any other website).
It’s shit, but they can do it if they want to. I predict they will, because currently you can trivially bypass the OSA with a free Proton VPN account and zero effort.
We need the original act revoked.
Called it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo