Tens of Thousands Protest Netflix’s Expanding VPN-Blockade

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[img]http://torrentfreak.com/images/netflix-logo.png[/img]Last month Netflix announced that it would increase its efforts to [url="https://torrentfreak.com/netflix-announces-crackdown-on-vpn-and-proxy-pirates-160114/"]block customers[/url] who circumvent geo-blockades.

As a result it has become harder to use VPN services and proxies to access Netflix content from other countries, something various movie studios have [url="https://torrentfreak.com/why-netflix-vpn-pirates-shouldnt-terrify-hollywood-160116/"]repeatedly called for[/url].

With the application of commercial blacklist data, Netflix already blocks IP-addresses that are linked to such services, something which also affects well-intentioned customers who merely use a [url="https://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-vpn-service-provider-review-2015-150228/"]VPN to protect their privacy[/url].

Instead of providing access to the latest video entertainment, Netflix then serves the following error message to these blocked users.