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UK age-gating plans risk breaking the internet, privacy groups warn

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2026-05-06

Date Updated: 2026-05-06

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Privacy groups, VPN providers, and civil liberties organisations warn that proposed UK age-gating measures—which could require widespread age verification and restrict access to services—risk undermining the open internet, harming privacy and security, and entrenching large platform gatekeepers rather than effectively protecting children.

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