After the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act went into effect on Friday, requiring porn platforms and other adult content sites to implement user age verification mechanisms, use of virtual private networks (VPNs) and other circumvention tools spiked in the UK over the weekend.

The new age verification laws in the UK have had many searching for the best UK VPNs to avoid them due to concerns regarding their personal data and how it will be used to verify their age. This is because VPNs can be used to get around location-specific content blocks by virtually relocation you to a different country.

Under the Online Safety Act, UK residents who want to access NSFW platforms will need to prove they're over 18. The easiest way to avoid doing that is to use a VPN.