Italy Fines Cloudflare for Refusing to Filter Pirate Sites on Public 1.1.1.1 DNS
4 months ago
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- Italy's 'Piracy Shield' launched in 2024 to combat live sports piracy by blocking domains and IPs within 30 minutes.
- Controversy arose due to overblocking, affecting legitimate sites, with Cloudflare being a notable critic.
- Cloudflare refused to comply with AGCOM's blocking order, citing unreasonable impact on service and latency.
- AGCOM fined Cloudflare €14.2 million (1% of global revenue) for non-compliance, marking a significant enforcement action.
- Cloudflare plans to appeal, with the case potentially influencing other DNS providers like Google and OpenDNS.
- Since its launch, Piracy Shield has blocked 65,000 domains and 14,000 IP addresses.