No, it's not age verification — privacy is the top reason UK children use a VPN

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Jul 14, 2026, 12:41 pm109 pts
Government report shows British kids mainly use a VPN to improve their privacy Only a fifth of VPN users use the tech to bypass age verification Pretending to be older is the most common way to dodge age checks As the debate surrounding potential VPN restrictions heats up in the UK, a government report has cast…

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