Following Pornhub’s decision to block access in states with new age verification requirements, VPN demand has skyrocketed.

Florida’s 11-fold spike led all other states. In South Carolina and Tennessee, where Pornhub limited access the same day as in the Sunshine State, VPN demand jumped 171% and 40%, respectively.

The Florida porn ban prevents people from accessing their favorite adult sites. Learn how to bypass the porn ban in Florida ...

Searches for VPNs skyrocketed after Pornhub exited Florida at the start of 2025 over age-verification laws for adult websites.

Pornhub's parent company describes the age-verification methods mentioned in the laws to be "ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous." ...

According to experts, age verification laws like those enforced in Florida could open up to data privacy and security ...

Florida’s controversial new social media law, also known as House Bill 3, is raising questions about privacy and child protection. While the law’s primary goal is to keep minors under ...

Louisiana, which pioneered the flurry of age-verification laws, has a digital version of its driver's license called the LA ...

Google searches for "vpn," "virtual private network" and "browsers with vpn" surged in Florida after midnight, according to Google Trends. VPN services allow users to hide the location of their ...

With 97% of users watching on mobile devices, the ban changes everything—and most of the VPNs needed to watch porn are dangerous. Here's what you need to know.

Some of the state’s new child safety law can be easily circumvented. Should it have gone further?