Originally published at: Wisconsin Lawmakers Propose Banning VPNs to 'Protect Children'
Lawmakers in Wisconsin are pushing legislation that would ban VPN usage when accessing certain websites. The bill represent a dramatic escalation in age verification laws spreading across the country. Table of ContentsThe Wisconsin Age Verification BillWhy VPN Bans Only Create ProblemsWho Gets Hurt?Why The Laws Won’t WorkFinal Thoughts The Wisconsin Age Verification Bill Wisconsin’s A.B.…
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Must be some elections coming up, they gotta put up some smoke and mirrors…Hey, look at us, “We are doing something to **Protect The Children**”
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Anything for a vote.
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It’s always about the children, isn’t it. I live near Milwaukee and this isn’t even a blip on the local broadcasters daily subjects. This is merely a bald faced grab for donations from business lobbiests. I’ll be contacting my state senator to voice my opposition to this privacy invasion.
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How about having parents be parents and monitor their children? When did we decide that we had to have government step in and control every part of our life?
A law like this would appear to cross Fourth Amendment interest under the United States Constitution. A VPN is a privacy based technology. Accordingly, a warrant may be required for each individual if they want to compromise privacy. I don’t think such a broadly sweeping and invasive law would survive constitutional scrutiny.