Under the pretense of protecting minors and preserving morals, lawmakers in the United States and the United Kingdom are putting the privacy of millions of citizens at risk. Age verification bills that are aimed at preventing minors from accessing adult content online are nothing new, as the Free Speech Coalition lists 130 proposed bills across much of the US since 2022 (30 of which have been enacted). But in the US, the latest proposals from legislators in Wisconsin and Michigan take aim not just at access to adult content, but at virtual private networks as well.

As the UK and individual states have begun enacting age verification laws, internet users have been turning to VPNs to make it appear as though their connection is originating from a different location, effectively bypassin

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