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Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in (www.bbc.com)
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[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In other, completely and fully unrelated news, VPN access to Pornhub has unexpectedly and completely out the blue risen.

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 20 points 1 week ago

Big uptick in visitors from Sweden, Thailand and other countries that don't block for unrelated reasons.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 week ago

This is the real goal. The United Kingdom government is evil

[–] addie@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, surprised it's only 77%.

Just as an observation: Mullvad's best UK -> US connection seems to be New York. The transatlantic fibre optic cables make landfall nearby, and there's lots of big data companies there that host VPNs.

Alternatively, a lot of more 'special interest' sites don't have age verification on them yet.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

The world population is declining so the rich people want to grow more workers and consumers.