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Cloudflare CEO: Football Piracy Blocks Will Claim Lives

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince warned that LaLiga's ISP blocking campaign -- intended to stop football piracy -- has caused widespread collateral damage by blocking millions of unrelated websites, including emergency services, in Spain. He called the strategy "bonkers" and expressed fear that lives c...

TorrentFreak reports: Posting to X last week, Prince asked if anyone wanted any general feedback, declaring that he felt "in an especially truthful mood." For the first time since Cloudflare legal action failed to end LaLiga's blocking campaign, Prince weighed in with his assessment of the current situation and where he believes it's inevitably heading. "A huge percentage of the Internet sits behind us, including small businesses and emergency resources in Spain," Prince explained.

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