UK VPN interest surges in response to new Online Safety Act

The UK’s new Online Safety Act came into force this week, aimed at protecting youngsters with age verification to access adult and harmful content. However, it’s seen other material being blocked and sparked concern among free speech campaigners about government censorship. It’s not too surprising then that there’s been a lot of interest in VPNs since the act came into force. VPNMentor has seen a 6,430 percent peak surge in VPN demand since the act’s introduction. The massive surge lasted around two hours before it started dropping at the end of the day but with spikes of 900 percent up… [Continue Reading]