Proton VPN: The Fight Against Online Censorship

More authoritarian governments across the globe shut down access to critical websites in 2022 than any other year. These blocks always correspond with massive spikes in VPN usage because VPNs are often the only way to bypass online censorship. Since 2017, #Proton has been providing free VPN services for tens of millions of people. Each time you use Proton, you make this work possible.

The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson discusses Proton VPN at Web Summit 2022

While in Lisbon for WebSummit 2022, Proton’s founder and CEO, Andy Yen, sat down with The Atlantic's CEO, Nicholas Thompson. They’ve discussed privacy, surveillance, and the role VPNs increasingly play in geopolitical situations, such as the protest movement in Iran and recent changes in the Indian legislature.

NetShield, Proton VPN's ad-blocking and malware protection feature

When you enable NetShield, any time you try to go to a website, the Proton VPN app will check that website’s address against a massive database of sites known to host malware, spyware, or any other malicious software. If it finds the domain of the website you are trying to visit or any of its components (scripts, images, etc.) on one of these lists, NetShield will automatically block it from loading.

Proton VPN browser extension

The Proton VPN browser extension is available for Chromium-based browsers (such as Google Chrome, Brave, Microsoft Edge, Chromium, Opera, and Vivaldi) and Firefox-based browsers (including Firefox itself, LibreWolf, and Waterfox).

Engadget's review of Proton VPN