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Pornhub, YouPorn, Redtube, and other content sharing platforms will block new users in the UK starting next week(February 2) (www.aylo.com)
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[-] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If you live in the UK or in another country where porn is being restricted:

  • Talk with friends and family about getting a VPN (EDIT: Some recommendations I've heard are Air VPN, Private Internet Access, and, despite not having port forwarding, which is essentially one less major feature, Mullvad VPN. A thank-you to @jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com for suggesting the former two.)
  • Learn to use the Tor network (it's really easy to start, and unlike popular belief, Tor isn't only for illegal activities)
  • Pressure MPs that didn't vote in favor of the age verification bill by sending emails to them about it so that they fight (or keep fighting) this age verification nonsense.

You don't need to be a porn addict to do these things. In fact, they have started with porn, but they may as well keep going and fight for age verification in other types of content, making access to said content way more difficult. The best thing you can do right now is to learn to fight back.

[-] jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Advertising for mullvad harms the peer2peer network. (They blocked port forwarding and won't be bringing it back)

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 0 points 3 weeks ago

Are there any VPNs that didn't? I couldn't really find any, and tbh it's not a massive issue for torrenting. I still upload a fair bit, but obviously not as much as I would be if I had ports open.

[-] rav3n@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 weeks ago

Private Internet Access and Njalla both allow port forwarding.

Mullvad is heavily shilled, and for some reason no online discussion ever ends on a critical note. Be wary and don't assume the group is always correct.

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