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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 23 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Streisand effect: the BBC is telling every last kid that VPN is exactly the way to circumvent the prohibition.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Because the goal is to outlaw VPNs. To do that they need enough children to use VPNs to make it credible enough.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 8 hours ago

As if something being credible has ever stopped a politician from acting.