Wisconsin Reverses Decision to Ban VPNs in Age-Verification Bill

Wisconsin Reverses Decision to Ban VPNs in Age-Verification Bill

• Tech Services & Software VPN Wisconsin Reverses Decision to Ban VPNs in Age-Verification Bill The law would have required websites to block VPN users from accessing ‘harmful mate

Consumer Tech · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 316 words
EFF to Wisconsin Legislature: VPN Bans Are Still a Terrible Idea

EFF to Wisconsin Legislature: VPN Bans Are Still a Terrible Idea

• 105 is a spectacularly bad idea. • It’s an age-verification bill that effectively bans VPN access to certain websites for Wisconsinites and censors lawful speech. • We wrote abou