Hotspot Shield provides Turkish citizens secure, private, anonymous access to blocked Twitter and YouTube

AnchorFree announced removal of all bandwidth and time limitations for citizens in Turkey to use its award-winning privacy app, Hotspot Shield, to freely and securely access Twitter and YouTube on smartphones, tablets and computers, which the Turkish government blocked on Monday.

Following the ban, over 100,000 users in Turkey downloaded Hotspot Shield to securely access YouTube and Twitter within the first two hours. AnchorFree saw daily installations of Hotspot Shield in Turkey increase by 889.19 percent on iOS devices and by 1019.17 percent on Android devices. Additionally, Hotspot Shield became the No. 1 app on Productivity and No. 8 overall on iOS in Turkey.

“At AnchorFree our mission is to provide secure access to the world’s information for every person on the planet. We support any citizen’s freedom to access all of the world’s information on the Internet. Therefore, we removed all bandwidth and time limitations for citizens in Turkey to use Hotspot Shield freely and securely to access Twitter and YouTube when access was blocked,” said David Gorodyansky, founder and CEO of AnchorFree. “We will continue to support Turkish citizens to make sure they have safe, private access to Twitter and YouTube and other social sites should access be blocked again.”

On Android devices and desktops, the use of Hotspot Shield is already free, because it’s ad-supported. On iOS, users in Turkey will be able to use Hotspot Shield to access Twitter and YouTube apps even after their trials or subscriptions expire.

In March 2014, Turkish citizens had experienced the same thing when the country’s government blocked access to Twitter. Within the first 48 hours, more than 2 million Turkish users had installed Hotspot Shield and received secure access to Twitter. During Arab Spring in 2010, over 1 million Egyptians installed Hotspot Shield when the Egyptian government blocked access to Facebook and Twitter. AnchorFree has played huge roles in most major world events by providing users with access to blocked content and securing their connections, protecting them from malware, hackers and identity thieves.

Hotspot Shield is the world’s most popular solution for Wi-Fi security, with 300 million downloads to date, it is the most popular app on both iPhones and Android phones for Wi-Fi security