LaLiga blocks 550K domains as piracy fight hits Cloudflare
- Source
- Bloomberg
- Time
- 10:35 AM
- Weight
- 94/100
LaLiga’s aggressive crackdown on illegal sports streaming in Spain has resulted in the blocking of approximately 550,000 domains. The operation aims to protect broadcasting rights by targeting unauthorized football streams, but the scale of the campaign has increasingly impacted legitimate digital infrastructure.
Technical service providers, including Cloudflare, have been caught in the crossfire as the league utilizes court-authorized powers to implement wide-reaching IP and domain blocks. The broad nature of these enforcement actions has led to significant collateral damage for unrelated businesses and government agencies.