Mozilla, the non-profit tech giant behind the Firefox browser and has warned regulators that age-restricting VPNs “would undermine the privacy and security of all users”.
In a formal submission to the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Mozilla pushed back against a recent consultation that considers age-gating the best VPN services to stop minors from bypassing age checks mandated by the Online Safety Act.


How do we enforce such an idea? I don’t know, maybe, we can create some kind of “parental control” software, and if parents don’t use it, then we can pass something called “child neglect” laws and punish them with that?