Spanish Court Orders ProtonVPN and NordVPN to Block Pirate Football Streams * TorrentFreak
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A Spanish court has labeled VPNs as "intermediaries," ordering them to actively block IP addresses hosting illegal LaLiga games.

In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a Spanish court has labeled VPN services as “technological intermediaries,” ordering them to actively block IP addresses that host illegal LaLiga matches. The “dynamic” injunction compels NordVPN and ProtonVPN to intervene, similar to local ISPs. But with both companies operating outside EU jurisdiction with privacy-centric business models, it remains unclear if and how the order will actually be enforced.

  • SomeDudeFromSpace@lemmy.mlEnglish
    63·
    14 hours ago

    I wish it was only football streams. They are blocking a ton of unrelated sites as a colateral damage. Most webs behind Cloudflare are blocked and stop working most weekends. This is a horrible violation to the network neutrality, and we should do something about it. If you think you are safe because this is still not happening in your country, think again. There’s a lot of people interested in this kind of censorship, and what’s happening in Spain sets a precedent and opens the floodgates for the rest of the countries (or, in this case, megacorps) to do the same.

    Between chat control and this, things are getting out of hand FAST. We have to do something.

    • RiQuY@lemmy.zipEnglish
      10·
      12 hours ago

      Lemmy.zip is down every fucking weekend because of these dumbasses. What Tebas is doing should be illegal, I’m so tired.