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Pornhub shuts down in Texas... and predictably, VPNs benefit (mashable.com)

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From the article: "Unsurprisingly, this skyrocketed searches for the best VPNs. According to a SlashGear report sent to Mashable, searches for "Texas VPN" jumped by 1,750 percent in the past day. It also spotted a 1,600 percent increase for the phrase "How to access Pornhub.""

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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 83 points 8 months ago

I'm sure the people who legislated all this into place were the first ones to access a VPN to get onto PornHub

[-] hempster@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Using a VPN that is beholden to shareholder's mood swings let alone a publicly tradable company is dangerous

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