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On the 4th June at 5pm, PornHub blocked France from accessing its website. At 5.30pm, Proton VPN registrations increased by 1000%


Parent company of Pornhub, Redtube and YouPorn suspended the sites for French users on Wednesday.

Porn industry giant protests Paris’ measures to verify the age of users. Document obtained by POLITICO shows countries pushing for EU-wide controls to protect kids online. Liberal campaigners and politicians say social media crackdown to prevent Russian interference has gone too far.

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