From the article: “Unsurprisingly, this skyrocketed searches for the best VPNs. According to a SlashGear report sent to Mashable, searches for “Texas VPN” jumped by 1,750 percent in the past day. It also spotted a 1,600 percent increase for the phrase “How to access Pornhub.””

    • @BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world
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      604 months ago

      Probably the politicians bought VPN stock just before this was ruled. Just like so many “randomly” happened to buy video conference stock just before the COVID lockdown?

      • @imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
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        104 months ago

        I mean if you saw what was going on in Italy and had any clue about it, you’d have been smart and purchased it. There was a lockdown in Italy for like he saw it month before there was even talk of COVID coming to the states

    • @hamsterkill
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      43 months ago

      VPN use likely spiked in South Korea recently as well, since being blocked by Twitch.