Proton VPN moves from 174th to 19th place as NordVPN goes from 189th to 13th, as porn websites in Australia start requiring age verification for users
Virtual private network apps have skyrocketed up the app charts in Australia after a number of adult sites began blocking Australian users in compliance with new online safety codes in effect from Monday.
VPN Super Unlimited Proxy moved from 40th in free iPhone apps in Australia on 2 March to 7th place as of Sunday, according to the most recent data from Sensor Tower. Proton VPN moved from 174th to 19th, and NordVPN went from 189th to 13th.
VPN apps allow a user’s location to appear as somewhere other than where they reside, meaning users trying to access adult sites could use the apps to appear as being outside Australia, to gain access to the sites.
On Friday, Guardian Australia reported Aylo-owned sites including RedTube, YouPorn, and Tube8 all had notices on their sites when visited from an Australian IP address, stating they are “not currently accepting new account registrations in your region”.
We shouldn’t have to pay a tax to use the internet: riseup.net/en/vpn
I’m curious if VPN companies will start bank rolling these far-right politicians trying to block the internet.
I wish this was only a far right issue.
Wow, who could have forseen this totally predictable out come? I bet next they try to ban VPNs.
The nanny state is already looking at doing this
get your porn from usenet like a civilized person
How do you get started with that? Is that like BitTorrent ?
“Who could have seen this coming???”
Literally everyone but you dense fucks.
If only someone told them what would happen! But well, this will surely work in <insert country name>
I understand why have they done it, but still don’t support them. And here, sadly, we can’t even argue that they misuse child protection policies(despite them probably do).
