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Is my site blocked in France?
In France, courts order internet providers to block pirate streaming sites for sports broadcasters such as Canal+ and beIN Sports, and the gambling regulator, the ANJ, has unlicensed gambling sites blocked without a court. A legitimate site can get caught through a domain name that is still on a blocklist from a previous owner, or through a provider's mistake. You can search the ANJ's gambling list yourself, but Arcom, the audiovisual regulator, does not publish the sports blocklists.
Sources: TorrentFreak, 11 August 2026 · TorrentFreak, 7 November 2026 · ANJ, 3 March 2022 · ANJ, list of blocked gambling sites, November 2026 · Le Monde Informatique, 17 October 2016
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Who orders sports and gambling blocks in France?
For sports piracy, article L333-10 of the sports code lets leagues, broadcasters with exclusive rights and event organisers go to court. A judge can then order anyone who can help to block pirate streams, take them down or drop them from search results, for up to twelve months. When the pirates move to new addresses, the rights holder reports them to Arcom, which checks them and tells everyone named in the order to block them too. In March 2026 Arcom said nearly 15,200 domain names had been blocked at its request since 2022, for cultural and sports piracy combined, and that sports blocks rose 71% from 2024 to 2025.
Sources: Légifrance, Code du sport, article L333-10, version in force since 5 August 2026 · Arcom, 23 March 2026 · Arcom, Key points no. 28, March 2026
For gambling, since March 2022 the ANJ (Autorité nationale des jeux) can order internet providers to block unlicensed gambling sites and sites that advertise them, without going to court. After a formal notice to the operator, the ANJ sends the addresses to providers and search engines, which get at least five days to block them or drop them from search results. Since 5 August 2026 these orders can also go to VPN providers (services that route traffic through their own servers).
Sources: ANJ, 3 March 2022 · Légifrance, law 2010-476, article 61, version in force since 5 August 2026 · Le Club des Juristes, 26 October 2026
What do visitors in France see when a site is blocked?
On 6 November 2026 TorrentFreak looked up a blocked domain through the DNS (the address book that turns a domain name into a server address) of French providers. Bouygues Telecom and Free answered with the address of offrelegalesports.fr, a page that links visitors to licensed sports broadcasts; Completel, SFR's business network, did the same. Orange answered with 127.0.0.1, the address of the visitor's own computer, or said the domain does not exist. So an Orange customer may tell you your site is down, while a Free customer lands on a page about legal sports offers. Google's public DNS, which also receives these orders, would not give out the domain's address for France, with the message "The requested domain is subject to a judicial injunction or other governmental blocking order for FR".
Source: TorrentFreak, 7 November 2026
Do French court orders reach Google's DNS, Cloudflare and VPNs?
Yes. On 17 July 2026 a Paris judge signed 14 orders for Canal+ against 73 domains used for Premier League and Champions League streams. They name four groups. Internet providers: Orange, SFR, Free and Bouygues Telecom, plus operators in France's overseas territories. Public DNS services: Google, Cloudflare, Quad9 and DNS4EU. VPN providers: Proton, CyberGhost and ExpressVPN. Search engines: Google and Bing, which must drop the domains from their results. The Premier League blocks were ordered to run until 30 May 2027.
Source: TorrentFreak, 11 August 2026
Cloudflare applies French orders on its CDN (a shared network that delivers many sites from the same servers) rather than in its public DNS. In mid-September 2026 a Paris court found this a reasonable effort. So if your domain is on an order and Cloudflare delivers your site, the block can come from Cloudflare itself, even for visitors who use another DNS service.
Sources: TorrentFreak, 7 November 2026 · Silicon.fr, 26 October 2026
Two public DNS services chose to leave France rather than block: OpenDNS on 28 June 2024, citing a court decision under the sports code, and Quad9, which said it would stop serving users in France on 24 November 2026 after a French court ruling for beIN Sports.
Sources: Next, 29 June 2024 · Quad9, 22 October 2026
Can my site end up on a French blocklist by mistake?
Domain names can stay on a list after the pirates have left. In May 2026 beIN Sports obtained an order from a Paris court against pirate tennis streams, to run until 14 November 2026, the end of the WTA season. The order started with six domains and had grown to 118 by 26 October 2026. Two of them had expired, so anyone could register them. TorrentFreak registered both; one of them is the domain tested above. TorrentFreak knew of no official way for the owner of a listed domain to appeal. If you buy a used domain, a French block may come with it.
Source: TorrentFreak, 7 November 2026
On 17 October 2016 Orange customers could not open google.fr, wikipedia.fr or the site of the hosting company OVH; users reported being sent to the Ministry of the Interior's page for sites blocked for promoting terrorism. Orange blamed a human error and said the incident lasted about an hour, but Le Monde Informatique reported that customers could not reach the sites for several hours.
Source: Le Monde Informatique, 17 October 2016
A law in force since 5 August 2026 adds a faster route for live sports. Where a court order provides for it, rights holders will be able to report new pirate sites through an automated system under Arcom's control, and providers will have to block them without delay for the whole live broadcast. Arcom must first set the rules for using it; in August 2026 TorrentFreak reported that the system was not yet in use. Once it runs, anyone whose site is blocked through this system can appeal to Arcom's president, even during the broadcast, by proving who they are and that the block is wrong.
Sources: Légifrance, Code du sport, article L333-10, version in force since 5 August 2026 · TorrentFreak, 11 August 2026
Can I look up my domain on a French blocklist?
For gambling, search the ANJ's list of blocked sites, a downloadable file with the site name, the address and the date of each decision, updated regularly. The list also includes polymarket.com, a prediction market where people bet on real-world events, with a decision dated 16 July 2026. The ANJ says the list is not complete.
Sources: ANJ, list of blocked gambling sites, November 2026 · ANJ, CSV file, November 2026
For sports, the law in force since 5 August 2026 requires Arcom to keep a list of the blocked addresses and make it available to companies that sign its voluntary agreements. Arcom does not publish blocking updates. DNS4EU, a public DNS service set up with EU co-funding, says it publishes every blocking order it applies, with the blocked domains. It shows only orders sent to DNS4EU itself, not those sent only to French providers.
Sources: Légifrance, Code du sport, article L333-10, version in force since 5 August 2026 · TorrentFreak, 7 November 2026 · DNS4EU, legal information and compliance, November 2026 · DNS4EU, for the public, November 2026
We do not measure France yet; demand decides the order in which we add countries. A check there would have to cover the DNS of Orange, SFR, Free and Bouygues Telecom, and blocks that come from Cloudflare itself. Today linkspect is open in early access in Germany, Poland and Norway.
Facts checked on 11 November 2026.