Why Politicians Are Suddenly Arguing About VPNs and Children
— Agiliton
— 8 min read
In May 2026, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) — the in-house think-tank that briefs Members of the European Parliament — published a policy briefing that put one specific tool on the youth-protection agenda for the first time: the virtual private network, or VPN.
The briefing does not propose a law. It does not set a deadline. What it does is raise a question that legislators in Brussels are starting to take seriously: if a country forces social-media and adult-content platforms to verify the age of their users, and children respond by downloading a VPN to bypass the check, does the law work at all?
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