• Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml
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    19 days ago

    It’s illegal to recommend using a VPN or teach people how to use a VPN in order to get around these age-check laws.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      “It is illegal for us to recommend using services like a VPN to bypass these limits. We do recommend you ask your government why they don’t want you to know about these services or have access to free educational content”.

    • brrt@sh.itjust.works
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      18 days ago

      “We do not condone using a VPN to circumvent these restrictions. To make sure you will not accidentally use a VPN we’ve decided to make our article about VPN‘s the only one available in this country.“

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      18 days ago

      The wording on ofcom is “should not” not" must not". It’s not illegal, they just don’t want people to do it and want people to think that it is illegal.