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Region-Locked Content Drives UK Users To Try a VPN (itproportal.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A new report has revealed that VPN usage in the UK has increased with almost one in six people now using a VPN alongside their internet connection. According to YouGov's 'Incognito Individual' report, 16 percent of British adults have used either a VPN or proxy server. This up-tick in users trying a VPN was often the direct result of trying access region-locked content or websites. Of those surveyed, 48 percent of respondents admitted to using a VPN or a proxy to access content they would otherwise be unable to view. VPNs are often used by security conscious individuals who are concerned with their privacy and not having their browsing data logged. YouGov's report found that 44 percent of VPN users utilised such a service for better security and that 37 percent did so for improved privacy.
The left is responsible for a lot of censorship, claiming that free thought (e.g., humans not causing global warming, telling the truth that the Qur'an calls for non-Muslims to be murdered, etc...) is not acceptable when it counters their ideology. The leftist government of the UK is a massive offender of censorship. Region locking is a way of enforcing government imposed censorship, by making it difficult to view content outside of its intended region. While price discrimination is often blamed, it is impractical for many content providers to release content worldwide when laws about acceptable content vary widely from one country to another. Get rid of leftist censorship and allow for free speech again. Then region locking won't be necessary and this won't be necessary. Evading region locking with VPN use is a natural response to leftist censorship.
- snruter rotsac