Submitted by Luke Charles on Saturday 13th December 2025
Published on Friday 23rd January 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Thursday 23rd July 2026
Current Signatures: 5,296
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Ban children ~ checks ~ Children ~ Collateral ~ Damaged ~ Facial ~ House of Lords ~ ID ~ ID checks ~ IMPACT ~ Kingdom ~ Law ~ Lords ~ massive ~ Millions ~ PRIVACY ~ Rejected ~ Schools ~ schools Bill ~ security ~ The House of Lords ~ Unite ~ United Kingdom ~ Virtual ~ VPNs ~ Wellbeing
Do not ban children from using virtual private networks
We call upon the UK Government to reject any calls or lobbying that propose to restrict or ban the use of virtual private networks ("VPNs") for children, because of the impact this would have on other VPN users.
An amendment agreed by the House of Lords proposes an addition to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: "Action to prohibit the provision of VPN services to children in the United Kingdom". The method and implementation would likely rely on 3rd-party facial scans or ID checks, which we believe are invasive. Thus, such a law would cause massive collateral damage for the millions of current users who rely on VPNs for privacy and security.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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