New research from Childnet shows that the ‘surge’ in VPN use following the introduction of age verification in the summer is not attributable to children
Groundbreaking research launched today by Childnet, a partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre, together with Nominet, looks at young people’s use of VPNs. The post New research from Childnet shows that the ‘surge’ in VPN use following the introduction of age verification in the summer is not attribu...
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New research shows that the recent spike in VPN usage was not driven by children trying to bypass age verification on adult websites, as many feared. Only 23% of young people have started using VPNs recently, suggesting the widely reported concern may have been overstated and that age verification tools are working as intended.
Groundbreaking research launched today by Childnet, a partner in the UK Safer Internet Centre, together with Nominet, looks at young people’s use of VPNs. This data found that although the widely reported spike in VPN use in July has often been linked to the enforcement of the Online Safety Act (OSA) age verification requirements on online pornography providers, this spike cannot be attributed to children. The research found that: 23% of young people said they started using VPNs in the last thre...