Website blocking, country by country

Every country blocks websites its own way: different courts and regulators order the blocks, and each internet provider carries them out differently. So we add countries one at a time, and every country page below explains who blocks sites there, how, and how you can check.

Today linkspect measures Germany, Poland and Norway. In a few more countries we have run first measurements but do not take customers yet. For the rest, the page tells you what we know and lets you ask for the country: the requests we get decide which country we open next.

Open in early access

• Germany. Telekom, Vodafone, O2 and other providers block pirate sites named by the CUII, a body they set up with rights holders; some also filter scam sites.
• Norway. Norway's providers block illegal gambling sites. Scam filters on by default at Telenor (non-business customers), Telia and Altibox can catch legitimate sites.
• Poland. Every Polish provider must block domains in the Finance Ministry's gambling register; Orange, Play, Plus and T-Mobile also block CERT Polska's phishing list.

In testing, not open yet

• Canada. Canadian providers block piracy sites under Federal Court orders: Bell, Rogers, TELUS, Videotron and four others must block listed domains for home customers.
• Spain. During football broadcasts, Spanish providers block shared server addresses used by pirate streams; 554,507 domains were hit from January to May 2026.
• Turkey. Turkey (Türkiye) blocked at least 232,441 domains in 2025, mostly by the regulator BTK. Hosting domains like pages.dev were hit. New lines get a family filter.
• United Kingdom. In the UK, High Court orders make BT, EE, Plusnet, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media block sites, and mobile networks filter 18+ content by default.

Not covered yet

• Australia. Australian providers block piracy sites on Federal Court orders and illegal gambling sites at the regulator's request; Telstra also filters malicious sites.
• Austria. Austrian providers block sites over piracy, EU sanctions and unlicensed crypto, mostly in DNS; the regulator RTR lists the active blocks by provider.
• Belgium. Belgian providers block phishing sites and sites on the court-ordered piracy blocklist and show a warning page; you can search the gambling and piracy lists.
• Czechia. Czech providers must block sites listed for unlicensed gambling, illegal medicine sales or unsafe food within 15 days. One free public register lists them.
• Denmark. After court rulings, Danish providers block pirate and gambling sites, and all members of the industry body apply each piracy ruling. Both lists are public.
• France. French providers block sites on court orders against sports piracy and on the gambling regulator's orders. Google's public DNS and some VPNs must block too.
• Greece. Greek providers must block the Gaming Commission's 14,977 gambling web addresses (early October 2026). In 2024, copyright blocks mostly targeted IP addresses.
• Ireland. Under court orders, eir, Virgin Media, Sky and Vodafone block pirate stream servers during Premier League and UEFA matches; betting blocks are now possible.
• Italy. Italian providers block by IP and domain: Piracy Shield gives them 30 minutes, ADM lists gambling sites. Blocks have hit Cloudflare and Google Drive.
• Netherlands. Dutch providers block pirate sites on court orders won by BREIN, and EU-sanctioned Russian media. As of November 2026, the gambling regulator cannot block.
• Portugal. Portugal's culture inspectorate can have pirate sites blocked without a court. By 30 June 2026 the gambling regulator had asked providers to block 3,043 sites.
• Switzerland. Swiss providers must block unlicensed gambling sites on two public lists and illegal pornography reported by the federal police. A 2024 error blocked 20min.ch.
• United States. US providers do not routinely block sites on court orders. What stops US visitors: sites shutting out states, home and school filters, federal domain seizures.

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