Major VPN providers report explosive download spikes as UK's Online Safety Act age verification rules take effect. Proton VPN saw UK signups jump 1400 percent ...

A recent law in the U.K. requires verification for users to view adult content online, and Xbox is joining in.

The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, declined to offer an attributed on-the-record comment about the new age checks to The Verge. In unattributed statements to other outlets, it said it was “now ...