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Australia's social media ban shows UK child safety measures are bound to fail β€” and it's not because of VPNs

While the UK seeks to copy Australia’s world-first social media ban, evidence suggests that most teens are still using their accounts Down Under without the need to download a VPN app. So, why put every citizens' privacy at risk for an approach that’s proven to be failing?

Reality check: Could the UK's social media ban lead to VPN restrictions?

As the British Prime Minister shared plans to ban all under-16s from social media, speculation is mounting as to whether VPNs will be next. While we wait for the government to share further information on this in July, here's how the debate has been unfolding.

Surfshark says its Dausos protocol will finally behave on the locked-down networks that trip up rival VPNs

Surfshark has updated its proprietary Dausos VPN protocol to connect more reliably on restricted school, university, and corporate networks, fixing connectivity issues some users had reported.

A spy in your pocket? How the UK’s proposed on-device nude image blocking could work in reality

Apple and Google have until September to either activate built-in features or implement new scanning tools. Privacy advocates are raising the alarm, but the government is ready to "change the law" if needs be.

'This is an important release' β€” Amnezia VPN strengthens its apps to fight Russia's new approach to VPN blocking in latest update

"We have no intention of giving in to the difficulties," said Amnezia's founder, as the team fixed a bug in its latest update to thwart the newest censorship methods allegedly adopted by Russia's media regulator Roskomnadzor.

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