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Chiara Castro

VPN downloads skyrocket following Italy ChatGPT ban

A laptop screen on a green background showing the ChatGPT logo

Tech fans in Italy have been increasingly downloading the best VPN services as a means to circumvent a block on the popular AI software ChatGPT.

The country's data protection watchdog, known as the Garante, banned the advanced chatbot on April 1, citing privacy concerns. This makes Italy the first Western democracy to block the service, alongside notorious censor governments such as Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.

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