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.
Interesting… when grok was undressing children publicly, nobody started an emergency procedure to immediately blocb the bot without notifying Felon.
Now, tho, when there’s a fucking soccer game involved? Let’s block internet access, we wouldn’t want someone to watch a game for free!
Fuck them, fuck them badly. Hope a deadly cancer reaches them all.
Kids don’t have lobbying firms with million dollar budgets.
Watching other people play sports is usually boring as hell to me, but I still hope the VPNs tell Spain to fuck off.
Also, it’s pretty telling how they get right on top of this super fast, but the literal Nazi propaganda and AI CSAM generation site X was met with, well let’s call it a lackadaisical response.
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.
