The UK's Online Safety Act (OSA), introduced in 2023, has sparked significant debate and uncertainty among website owners, particularly those providing restricted content, due to its stringent requirements aimed at making the internet safer, especially for children. The act mandates platforms to implement age verification systems, proactively manage harmful content, and hold executives accountable for compliance failures, leading to increased VPN usage as users seek to bypass these regulations. This surge in VPN adoption has created compliance challenges for businesses, which face potential penalties from Ofcom for non-compliance, prompting some to consider blocking VPN users entirely despite the risk of excluding legitimate users seeking privacy. Fingerprint offers a solution through its VPN detection service, which provides detailed context to help businesses balance regulatory compliance with maintaining access for legitimate users, although it acknowledges that this approach is not foolproof and requires further compliance measures.