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Proton VPN signups surge 1,400% as UK age verification regulation begins
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Proton VPN signups surge 1,400% as UK age verification regulation begins

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Last updated: July 25, 2025 3:18 pm
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New age checks for grownup web sites proceed to ship customers flocking to Proton VPN.

The favored digital public community (VPN) is reporting a 1,400% hourly improve in sign-ups over its baseline thus far on Friday, July 25, the day the UK’s age verification regulation goes into impact. That is in response to an Observatory web page on the Proton VPN web site that tracks such utilization jumps. The brand new rule requires websites and apps with specific content material to confirm a customer’s age through strategies reminiscent of facial recognition and banking data, per Mashable’s Anna Iovine, with the objective of stopping minors from accessing the content material.

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Search curiosity for the time period “Proton VPN” additionally noticed a seven-day spike within the UK round 2 a.m. BST Friday, in response to a Google Developments chart. Proton VPN shared a screenshot of the chart on X, writing, “Fairly certain it is not the footy this time…”

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Proton VPN beforehand documented a 1,000% surge in new subscribers in June after the grownup website Pornhub left France. Mashable has reached out to Proton VPN for remark.

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