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Texans search for ways around Pornhub blackout, Google data show

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The streaming site cut off viewers in the Lone Star State to protest a new state law requiring it to verify users' ages. VPNs are a way around the lockout.

To judge from their internet searches, plenty of Texans are looking for a way to access Pornhub after the adult entertainment site blocked viewers from the Lone Star State last week. Pornhub cut off Texas to protest a new state law requiring it to verify users' ages to screen out people under 18. Adult entertainment purveyors tried to overturn the law in court but failed. Virtual private networks, or VPNs, offer a potential way around the blackout.

El Paso and Waco-Temple-Bryan came in fourth and fifth, respectively. San Antonio had the sixth-most searches. In the San Antonio region, Cross Mountain, Castroville and Schertz had the highest volume of searches for VPNs. Other popular searches include 'Texas age verification law' and 'how to watch porn in Texas.' Texas House Bill 1181, which Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law last June and which took effect Sept.

 

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