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Neil Brown
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk  ·  activity timestamp 21 hours ago

# Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in

Not a particular surprise.

For some sites, it is 100%, because they haven't yet found an accessible, privacy friendly, way to do it, and cannot take the risk.

#OnlineSafetyAct

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgkz3m3re1zo

BBC News

Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in

The site tells BBC News it believes people are viewing riskier sites - but they may just be using VPNs.
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masukomi
@masukomi@connectified.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 14 hours ago

@neil meanwhile torrent usage has probably skyrocketed in the UK. 😉

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Toxy 🔬🇪🇺🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦
@toxy@mastodon.acc.sunet.se replied  ·  activity timestamp 16 hours ago

@neil could that be that 77% of their uk audience have found a VPN?

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Mans R
@mansr@society.oftrolls.com replied  ·  activity timestamp 16 hours ago

@neil I wonder if they've seen a corresponding rise in traffic from VPN/Tor exit points.

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GutterPoetry
@GutterPoetry@mastodon.me.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

@neil Probably the majority are using VPNs as I read something in the media about how the govt are considering banning VPNs next.

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Bogdan Buduroiu
@bruvduroiu@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 19 hours ago

@neil

“if you don’t have the goon loicense, you don’t get to goon”

- idk, Keir Starmer probably

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Simon Zerafa
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

@neil

How are they counting UK visitors? Not by IP address surely? 😉

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Neil Brown
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

@simonzerafa Yes, probably.

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Simon Zerafa
@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

@neil

So now we know what proportion of UK users are using a VPN 😇🤷‍♂️

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ahnlak
@ahnlak@kavlak.uk replied  ·  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

@neil have to admit I'm slightly surprised that they've retained 23% of their traffic

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Stefan Eissing
@icing@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 21 hours ago

@neil So, we have an island of former sea lords with decades of lousy governments, nuclear missiles, and now no access to porn?

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