Earlier this year, the European Union introduced an application meant to verify the age and identity of citizens accessing the internet as part of an effort to keep underage users off social media. Turns out there’s a slight crack in that otherwise fool-proof approach to verification: VPNs. Now it appears the bloc of nations wants to patch up that hole.

CyberInsider first reported that the European Parliamentary Research Service, part of the European Parliament, has issued a warning about virtual private networks, which allow users to bypass age assurance requirements by spoofing their location to be outside of the EU.…