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Endless Torment · Jan 9, 2026

How will liberals and tech react about praising Vance and going to DC to talk?

The Mass Shooter Ron Soye · Jan 9, 2026

TorrentFreak: French Court Orders Google DNS to Block Pirate Sites, Dismisses ‘Cloudflare-First’ Defense (archive) (mega)

The Paris Judicial Court has ordered Google to block nineteen additional pirate site domains through its public DNS resolver. The blockade was requested by Canal+ and aims to stop pirate streams of Champions League games. In its defense, Google argued that rightsholders should target intermediaries higher up the chain first, such as Cloudflare's CDN, but the court rejected that.

(Tangentially related.)

TorrentFreak: Italy Fines Cloudflare €14 Million for Refusing to Filter Pirate Sites on Public 1.1.1.1 DNS (archive) (mega)

January 9, 2026 09:10:43 UTC by Ernesto Van der Sar

Italy’s communications regulator AGCOM imposed a record-breaking €14.2 million fine on Cloudflare after the company failed to implement the required piracy blocking measures. Cloudflare argued that filtering its global 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver would be "impossible" without hurting overall performance. AGCOM disagreed, noting that Cloudflare is not necessarily a neutral intermediary either.

Launched in 2024, Italy’s elaborate ‘Piracy Shield‘ blocking scheme was billed as the future of anti-piracy efforts.

To effectively tackle live sports piracy, its broad blocking powers aim to block piracy-related domain names and IP addresses within 30 minutes.

While many pirate sources have indeed been blocked, the Piracy Shield is not without controversy. There have been multiple reports of overblocking, where the anti-piracy system blocked access to legitimate sites and services.

Many of these overblocking instances involved the American Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare, which has been particularly critical of Italy’s Piracy Shield. In addition to protesting the measures in public, Cloudflare allegedly refused to filter pirate sites through its public 1.1.1.1 DNS.

1.1.1.1: Too Big to Block?

This refusal prompted an investigation by AGCOM, which now concluded that Cloudflare openly violated its legal requirements in the country. Following an amendment, the Piracy Shield also requires DNS providers and VPNs to block websites.

The dispute centers specifically on the refusal to comply with AGCOM Order 49/25/CONS, which was issued in February 2025. The order required Cloudflare to block DNS resolution and traffic to a list of domains and IP addresses linked to copyright infringement.

Cloudflare reportedly refused to enforce these blocking requirements through its public DNS resolver. Among other things, Cloudflare countered that filtering its DNS would be unreasonable and disproportionate.

Cloudflare’s arguments (translated)

The company warned that doing so would affect billions of daily queries and have an “extremely negative impact on latency,” slowing down the service for legitimate users worldwide.

AGCOM was unmoved by this “too big to block” argument.

The regulator countered that Cloudflare has all the technological expertise and resources to implement the blocking measures. AGCOM argued the company is known for its complex traffic management and rejected the suggestion that complying with the blocking order would break its service.

€14,247,698 Fine

After weighing all arguments, AGCOM imposed a €14,247,698 (USD $16.7m) fine against Cloudflare, concluding that the company failed to comply with the required anti-piracy measures. The fine represents 1% of the company’s global revenue, where the law allows for a maximum of 2%.

AGCOM’s conclusion (translated)

According to AGCOM, this is the first fine of this type, both in scope and size. This is fitting, as the regulator argued that Cloudflare plays a central role.

“The measure, in addition to being one of the first financial penalties imposed in the copyright sector, is particularly significant given the role played by Cloudflare” AGCOM notes, adding that Cloudflare is linked to roughly 70% of the pirate sites targeted under its regime.

In its detailed analysis, the regulator further highlighted that Cloudflare’s cooperation is “essential” for the enforcement of Italian anti-piracy laws, as its services allow pirate sites to evade standard blocking measures.

What’s Next?

Cloudflare has strongly contested the accusations throughout AGCOM’s proceedings and previously criticized the Piracy Shield system for lacking transparency and due process.

While the company did not immediately respond to our request for comment, it will almost certainly appeal the fine. This appeal may also draw the interest of other public DNS resolvers, such as Google and OpenDNS.

AGCOM, meanwhile, says that it remains fully committed to enforcing the local piracy law. The regulator notes that since the Piracy Shield started in February 2024, 65,000 domain names and 14,000 IP addresses were blocked.

A copy of AGCOM’s detailed analysis and the associated order (N. 333/25/CONS) available here (pdf).

Oongok · Jan 9, 2026

Strawb3rry said:
Shadowy European Media Cabal

"If there's any shadowy media cabal deciding what is and isn't allowed on the Internet it should be MINE!"

-Matthew "Imminent threat to human life" Prince

Google.com · Jan 9, 2026

You know what you have to do Matt put on the dress, learn Italian, and have a "girl talk" with them.

S1apSh0es · Jan 9, 2026

What Italy is trying to do is absurd and a clear violation of due process- it cannot be allowed to fly.

But also, Matthew Prince is a faggot.

WelperHelper99 · Jan 9, 2026

I hope Matthew Prince sleeps soundly in the bed he made when he blocked the farms. You get what you fucking deserve.

Slav Power · Jan 9, 2026

Italians are the bigger faggots here shockingly enough. DNS filtering is useless, especially when it's a non-standard one like 1.1.1.1. If they weren't so raped they'd just force their ISP's to block those domains on the traffic level, and then ban VPN's. This just feels like a very wimpy attempt at extorting money from a big American corpo since Italy, like most of Europe, has raped it's own economy.

And yes I realized I fucked up and posted in the Community Submissions thread.

Osama Bin Laden · Jan 9, 2026

Strawb3rry said:
The Italian government is fining Cloudflare 17 million dollars for not censoring the Internet hard enough. Matthew Prince is not happy.

@Null: "First time?"

Buzz Killington · Jan 9, 2026

Eat shit cloudflare, you get what you deserve for cozying up to these faggots in the first place. Now you pay the price.

San Marino · Jan 9, 2026

Notice how Kiwiflare hasn't been fined a dime?

SiggerNlayer · Jan 9, 2026

Yeah given the multiple instances of cloudflare providing service to open child porn websites and continuing to do so despite numerous reports I hope they get fined even more, it’s not even about taking sides in online political censorship for me.

Room Temp Shrimp · Jan 9, 2026

Thats the can of worms YOUR team decided to open when you blocked the farms, dipshit. Just another retard surprised by his own action's consequences, so often seen in the community happenings posts.

not william stenchever · Jan 9, 2026

"Matthew Prince, you must giveth yourself unto the great red ape."
"Okay how much is he wanting?"
:null:

"Sexually."

Golden Boy · Jan 9, 2026

SUFFAH MATTHEW PRICE

IN FACT IT WAS YOU WHO TRIED TO CENSOR THE INTERNET IF YOU WANNA KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT IT!

Rome's rightful successor · Jan 9, 2026

Strawb3rry said:
The Italian government is fining Cloudflare 17 million dollars for not censoring the Internet hard enough. Matthew Prince is not happy.

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Maybe there was this new zealand fruit bird farm website he could've stuck to his guns and defended years ago instead of abandoning and betraying it like a coward. I could have given a shit but now whatever man.

Unknown God · Jan 9, 2026

Strawb3rry said:
The Italian government is fining Cloudflare 17 million dollars for not censoring the Internet hard enough. Matthew Prince is not happy.

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Ultimately it's a good thing for the Internet that he is screeching about it, but God the schadenfreude feels awesome. Matthew Prince is a faggot, he doesn't want to obey censorship orders from european governments but has no problem obeying them from fetishist men in dresses.

SandyCat · Jan 9, 2026

Strawb3rry said:
The Italian government is fining Cloudflare 17 million dollars for not censoring the Internet hard enough. Matthew Prince is not happy.

Getting fucked with by a power greater than you over stupid shit and there's nothing you can do about it? Man it almost sounds familiar

Trigger Me Timbers · Jan 9, 2026

I don’t understand Mathew’s problem? He’s happy censoring the internet and has done it many, many times. So Italians must be confused why they won’t continue censoring the internet.

Italian government, if you would like to get Cloudflare to censor what ever you want, just add “Transphobic” and “imitate loss of life” as the reasons and Mathew Price will personally update the servers and run damage control on X.com for you.

Burd Turglar · Jan 9, 2026

In a Shamalamama twist, Prince comes crawling to the Internet Preservation Society.

Throwing Romans · Jan 9, 2026

Heartbreaking: the worst person you know just made a great point.

Regardless, eat shit pastanigger gov.

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