- The Secretary of Sciences of the United Kingdom ensures that there are no plans to ban VPN
- However, the government is looking “very closely” on how VPNs are used.
- VPN’s demand shot in the United Kingdom as of Friday, July 25, 2025, while the British seek ways to avoid the controls of the new era
The demand for VPN in the United Kingdom has shot overnight since the new age verification controls were applied, since the British seek ways to avoid new requirements. This has caused concerns that the authorities could end up prohibiting their use.
The Secretary of Sciences of the United Kingdom, Peter Kyle, affirms that there are no plans to ban VPN. Kyle confirmed, however, that the government would be “very closely” in how the best VPN applications are used.
“Some people are finding their way [the legislation]. Very few children will actively be looking for harmful content, “Kyle said during an interview with Sky News Today, July 29, 2025, The Guardian reported.
As of Friday, July 25, 2025, all platforms that show content only for adults or harmful must enforce the solid age verification verifications under the online security law.
As ofcom explains on its website, “just mark a box to say that you are over 18 years old will not be enough.”
This means that all websites reserved for users over 18 must ensure that minors never access their services through identification checks. Crucially, social networks, appointment applications and game platforms are expected to verify the age of its users before showing them potentially dangerous materials.
Until now, these new requirements have caused concerns regarding the privacy of data, security, freedom of expression and access to information.
A petition to repeal the United Kingdom online security law has already reached more than 340,000 at the time of writing.
The leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, is also strongly promoting to discard what he described as a “limit,” the Guardian said.
VPN and age controls: what to know
VPN services are a popular way of omitting geographical restrictions, such as those imposed by transmission platforms. This is because a VPN fails its real IP address and assigns a new and temporary new and the same place as the VPN server to which it joins. This makes it possible to deceive the sites you visit to think it is in a different country.
Taking into account the sudden increase in the use of VPN throughout the country, people in the United Kingdom are probably familiar with this.
A popular supplier, Proton VPN, registered an increase per hour of more than 1,400% from Friday at midnight. Adguard VPN also confirmed to Techradar that the records grew 2.5 times in just a few days. Top10VPN data show a continuous increase in VPN demand of more than 500% since Friday.
When writing, using a VPN in the United Kingdom is completely legal, and using one to avoid the controls of the New Age should not be considered a crime.
The United Kingdom regulatory body for online security, however, suggests strongly against its use. Clearly, without much success until now.
Will the government find a way to prevent people from ignoring the new measures of the online security law through VPN?
It is too early to know with certainty, but a prohibition seems to be out of the letters, for now, at least.
