After the popular adult content websites, Redtube and Youuporn-Stop operate in France, local users began to actively find ways to overcome the limitations, including the VPN services that were massively installed. About this writing Tech & Web publications.
The VPN service allows you to change geographic location and continue accessing blocked websites. The demand for such applications and services has increased sharply from June 4 – the day of disconnection of porn site. According to Google Trends, the interest in the search query of VPN in France has increased rapidly.
Representatives of VPN suppliers and services also confirm the increase in operation. Therefore, the Proton VPN service has announced the increase in the number of registration of 1000% in just half an hour after starting to block. The representative of NordVPN said that on the day of using their services in France increased by 170%. At the same time, they emphasized that such services are mainly used by adults with bank cards.
According to Politico, the demand for VPN services has increased by 344% compared to the context of suspending the work of some top porn websites for users from France.
Similar dance moves for VPN have been observed in the United States. For example, after tightening the rules of access to porn sites in Texas and Florida, the number of VPN program settings increased sharply.