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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

I wonder why Pornhub are to restrict access from the UK from next week? They say it's because the Online Safety Act will lead to people accessing more harmful content as they've lost 77% of traffic from the UK.

But what good will this do to help? Is it to get people to register an account, a publicity stunt or to encourage more people to use a VPN and, therefore, as users are not officially living here, none of the restrictions on inappropriate porn (like strangulation) will apply to them??

Edit: A discussion on Radio 4 concluded that the real reasons are the first and last suggestions and because they are adverse to regulation.

It's cheaper not to bother.