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Wakankaa
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5 months ago
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Children Safety Feature at Risk since May 2024

Community,   Shocking, time again and again. I would like to stress this matter of urgency to let the UK member of the public to check Virgin Media Child safety feature - this is being turn off aut...
  • asim18's avatar
    5 months ago

    This "feature" is simply not a solution to protect your kids online. Every internet enabled device on the planet allows easy and permanent bypassing of VM's "protection" within 3-15 seconds flat.

    It's really a shame that the advertising standards authority even allows such claims to be made. Any claims any ISP makes for "protecting your kids" should not be relied upon. Protection of your kids must always be internalised, never externalised to any commercial organisations.

    I wonder how many oblivious parents believe this claim and think VM is actually protecting their children from online dangers.