1,000%in 30 minutes: Search for ProtonVPN “Explosive” after PornHub block in France – Internet
This week, the owner of PornHub and other obscene sites in Illo is suspended to the platforms in France. The decision arises in response to A The new French law that requires pornographic sites that implement more “tight” age -grandering measures.
In the case of Pronvpn, the number of new signatures “exploded” shortly after suspension of access. In the publication on Social Network X, the platform represents it, In just 30 minutes, your VPN has a 1,000% increase in records.
According to protonvpn, The further expression of the climb more than that was recorded when climbing Tictoc was blocked early United States.
According to PornHub stats, In 2024, France confirmed as the second largest market on the site, leading the United States.
Already in ads To a politicianOne NordVPN spokesperson, another private virtual networking service, said the company had increased to 170% since the blockade began in France. “We will see similar peaks when the digital freedom is threatened or the content is sensored,” the spokesman said.
According to the data compiled by the TP10VPN platform, The world search for VPNs has increased from June 4 to 334% compared to the average of 28 days.
France 2024 and went ahead with the new law this year, Legal requirements have been gradually introduced by users verifying age by documentation such as identification card or bank cardDevelopment Website France 24.
In a statement, the owner of the Pornahub Stated “French citizens are eligible for regulatory regulations to take the prevention of small access to government and adult content”Also “laws that protect your privacy and your delicate data.”
Over the years, the company suggests that he has tried to cooperate with the government, however, “Results are clear: Age verification for sites does not work”. “It does not protect children and gets data from millions of French and escapes cybership,” he argued.
According to the ALO, The solution to the problem is already there and goes through the age -based age verification. .
“The French government refused to take the action and emphasizes the waste and just the symbolic regulatory measures, which are impossible to apply, do not protect children and fall into danger of their personal data,” the company said.
Remember that The European Commission was launched New Research for PornHub, Stripchat, XNXX and XWideFour of the largest online porn platforms, In suspicion that the control of digital services can be violated (On DSA, on aconim).
According to the Community Executive, Four major platforms are focused on what is happening to prevent the young man from accessing harmful content.
In a recent interview, internal affairs and colonial commissioner Magnus Brannar revealed The European Commission will be launched in July New application for verification of age on digital platformsAs social networks, protecting minors and banning access to inappropriate Internet content.
