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UK IPs now require photo age verification to access a bunch of the popular porn websites so people either comply and give that data to third party companies or they browse their porn on less secure or more obscure websites. 4chan isn't currently one of the ones the government has threatened.
A few years ago they also banned the recording of face-sitting porn here, while making it mandatory for ISPs to block porn by default and allow people to opt-in with verification, and recently any kind of choking but websites themselves weren't forced to comply like they are now.
I'm willing to bet that the government has a vested interest in VPNs.