A law requiring UK internet users to verify their age to access adult content has led to a huge surge in VPN downloads—and has experts worried about the future of free expression online.

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The new legislation is among the world’s first to impose strict controls on tech companies, forcing social media sites to either remove all adult content, which can be a difficult task, or use age-ver