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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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jeffw@lemmy.world
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What if it was just lobbying from the VPN industry this whole time?

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BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world
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Probably the politicians bought VPN stock just before this was ruled. Just like so many “randomly” happened to buy video conference stock just before the COVID lockdown?

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imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
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I mean if you saw what was going on in Italy and had any clue about it, you’d have been smart and purchased it. There was a lockdown in Italy for like he saw it month before there was even talk of COVID coming to the states

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Mango@lemmy.world
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hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org
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VPN use likely spiked in South Korea recently as well, since being blocked by Twitch.

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