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83 articles accelerating

VPN has appeared in 83 articles since 2015-01. Coverage peaked in 2024Q2 with 6 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Google, Apple, China, Twitter.

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Coverage Timeline

2025-08-12
Reuters 7 related

A UK judge dismisses Wikimedia's Online Safety Act challenge over requiring Wikipedia to verify users and contributors' IDs, but says it can file new challenges

Europe is not allowed to make Internet Laws.  —  arstechnica.com/tech-policy/ ... Hari Kunzru / @harikunzru : There is a possible future in which the UK government ends up blocking Wikipedia to save f...

2024-09-03
Bloomberg 53 related

All five Brazilian judges on a Supreme Court panel vote to confirm the X ban in Brazil and fine those who don't comply with it by using a VPN; X can appeal

- Top court panel backs order by Moraes against social network  — Justices also uphold fine for those who use VPN for access

2024-09-02
Bloomberg 29 related

A majority of Brazilian judges on a Supreme Court panel vote to confirm an order to ban X in Brazil and fine those who don't comply with it by using a VPN

- Majority on panel backs order by Moraes against social network  — Justices also uphold fine for those who use VPN for access

2024-09-01
New York Times 29 related

Brazilian judge amends his order, no longer requiring Apple and Google to prevent downloads of X's app; those using a VPN to access X still face a ~$9K/day fine

The social network will go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online.

2024-08-31
New York Times 21 related

Brazilian judge amends his order, no longer requiring Apple and Google to prevent downloads of X's app; those using a VPN to access X still face a ~$9K/day fine

The social network will go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online.

2023-08-13
Reuters 50 related

A US judge revokes SBF's bail after the DOJ accused him of tampering with witnesses, such as by sharing former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison's diary with the NYT

I just left a dramatic, emotional courtroom hearing at US District Court in Manhattan. Sam Bankman-Fried has been ordered to jail. @verge : SBF was free on $250 million bail, but using a VPN to watch ...

2023-03-31
Reuters 14 related

Apple wins a US appeal to uphold a patent tribunal's ruling over two of VirnetX's VPN patents that invalidated a $502.8M patent infringement verdict from 2020

but one verdict awaits United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit : VirnetX v. Mangrove Partners Master Fund, Apple MacDailyNews : Apple wins U.S. appeal over patents in $502 million Virne...

2023-02-14
Bloomberg 8 related

US prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried used a VPN on two recent occasions, raising concerns over his internet usage after a judge rejected an encrypted chat deal

Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg :

2022-04-30
Wired 1 related

Hollywood's fight against VPN providers like ExpressVPN now goes beyond piracy, as a recent lawsuit alleges VPNs enable crimes like hacking, murder, and more

Beyond accusations of encouraging copyright infringement, film companies have begun accusing VPNs of enabling a slew of illegal activity.

2017-12-26
South China Morning Post

Local media reports a Chinese man was sentenced to 5½ years and fined $76,000 for running a VPN business without a license since 2013 in southern China

Prison sentence comes amid Beijing's crackdown on internet censorship  —  A man in southern China was sentenced to 5½ years … Tweets: @greatfirechina Tweets: @greatfirechina : Man jailed 5½ years, fin...

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VPN has appeared in 165 Techmeme articles since December 2014. The biggest stories include Netflix says it will block proxy and VPN access, used to bypass country restrictions, in... and All five Brazilian judges on a Supreme Court panel vote to confirm the X ban in Brazil.... Frequently covered alongside Google, Apple, Android, Facebook, and Google One. Coverage has shifted toward regulation themes and away from consumer, enterprise.

Key Moments

2024Q2developer +14pts; consumer +7pts; research +14pts
2024Q3enterprise -29pts; developer -14pts; consumer +29pts
2025Q1enterprise +50pts; consumer -36pts; regulation +21pts

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