VTI has joined 23 other advocacy groups and companies in an open letter to The Guardian, arguing that an evidence-based approach to protecting children online is the only way to actually achieve that goal.

The letter states in part that vanishingly few children use VPNs to bypass age restrictions, and they are in fact “much more likely to get around age checks by not being asked, giving false information, or even drawing on
a moustache.”

You can read the full letter below.

About i2Coalition’s VPN Trust Initiative

i2Coalition’s VPN Trust Initiative (VTI) is an industry-led consortium that promotes consumer safety and privacy online by increasing understanding of VPNs and strengthening business practices in an industry that already protects millions of Internet users. The VTI leverages firsthand knowledge to advocate, create, vet, and validate guidelines that strengthen trust and transparency and mitigate risk for users.

To learn more about the VTI, click here.