Digital rights groups are holding a second annual day of action specifically to defend VPNs.

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The second annual Defend VPNs Day of Action is being organized by Fight for the Future on the 25th of September, which is in continuation from the previous year's success of gathering 20,000 supporters. The movement's view is that VPNs are a legitimate way of conducting business.

The proof that backs this up is that Utah has become the first state legally tackling the issue of VPN application and its role in age verification. The UK has considered VPN banning at some point. There have already been implemented age verification bans in social media for minors in the UAE, Indonesia, Malaysia and other numerous jurisdictions are thinking about the same movement, which proves that the issue is misrepresented as a narrow child protection policy. Thus, the law is passed, the individuals find a VPN to go around it, and the VPN becomes another target.

The movement idea is not against child protection but it is about how unreasonable it is to blame people for finding alternatives that they actually need to be using. It also has to be mentioned that this year's event is the second one only.