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Chiara Castro

Italy's ChatGPT ban kick-starts surge of VPN downloads

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Italians have been turning to VPN services following the decision of the country's data protection authority to ban ChatGPT over privacy concerns. 

Since the ban was implemented on April 1, leading VPN provider PureVPN has registered an unusual rise in traffic on its website coming from Italy.

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