{"id":20564,"date":"2024-11-27T13:14:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=20564"},"modified":"2024-11-27T13:14:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:14:28","slug":"vpn-use-in-pakistan-hits-all-time-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2024\/11\/27\/vpn-use-in-pakistan-hits-all-time-high\/","title":{"rendered":"VPN use in Pakistan hits all-time high"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) services has surged dramatically across Pakistan, more than tripling in recent days, following a sharp increase in social media restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to an independent report by the VPN review website Top10VPN, the demand for VPNs rose by 102% on November 25, compared to the daily average over the previous 28 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The surge in demand escalated further on November 26, reaching 213% above the baseline. This sharp spike comes amid growing concerns over government restrictions on social media platforms ahead of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf&#8217;s (PTI) planned protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports have indicated that the government imposed additional restrictions, including limiting WhatsApp media sharing in anticipation of PTI demonstrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook have faced widespread disruptions, with users struggling to access these services without the aid of VPNs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) services has surged dramatically across Pakistan, more than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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