You believe all children know how to operate a VPN?
Whenever there's a blocker (one case from my childhood was how to use net send to broadcast profanity across the network), someone will figure it out, and by the end of the day EVERYONE knows.
Basically every youtube video for the past decade has been sponsored by a VPN service offering first-joiner discounts. My cousin uses a VPN and has no idea what it is and how it works, just that "he should protect himself while browsing". Those VPNs have invested massively in UX and ease of use so out of that 77% of users, I'd guess more than 80% of it switched to VPNs.
Yes. That’s exactly what we believe.
Do you believe that 77% of UK Pornhub users suddenly stopped wanking?
Seems pretty implausible to me.
One of their friends sends them a link. Now they just send them a different link, one that goes via a free VPN.
You don't need any new skills for that and it's not a "speedbump".
All this law does is make it harder for adults to use non-porn websites like Reddit, Spotify or Bluesky.
It’s not a good law.
At the next election some portion of Labour voters will remember missteps like this and will vote for someone else because of it.
Personally, I think their prosecution of peaceful protestors (Palestine supporters) whilst giving a free pass to right wing violent protestors will alienate their traditional left-wing base.
This law is not fit for the declared purpose at all.
So all minors in the UK have their own banking account and credit card? You know, to pay for the VPN.
The former will now make less sense as a business model, since UK isn't a good location to proxy traffic through anymore.
Or just find another porn site that doesn't adhere to the law.
2. Children aren't as well versed with tech as you think, just because they spend a lot of hours in front of a screen.