The precise number of websites blocked in Belgium is unknown. Blocking may vary from one Internet Service Provider (ISP) to another with some sites blocked by some ISPs and not by others.
Site blocks in Belgium are at this moment based on DNS Hijacking which has the possibilities of circumventing using proxies or DNS over HTTPS. Blocked websites are redirected to a multilingual StopPage
There is no official complete register of blocked sites. Blocked content includes:
Court orders (mainly for copyright issues)
Unilateral blocking (some websites have been reported as being blocked without any known court order on the sole initiative of certain ISPs)
Gambling regulations (Belgian gambling laws requires a Gambling business to have a local physical gambling point and proper license in order to provide online gambling)[1]
Court-ordered blocked websites
These are the sites explicitly listed and blocked by court cases in Belgium.
^ abIt is important to note that despite the fact that only two ISPs were actually concerned in this court order, many other ISPs have implemented the same blocking without any specific court order. It is not fully known which ISPs decided to enforce this ruling or not.
Unilaterally blocked websites
These are the sites blocked by some ISPs in Belgium without any known related court-order. It is believed that these blockings are the result of pressure by the Belgian Anti-piracy Federation (BAF) who threatened ISPs with heavy legal fees should they not comply with their request.[8][9][10][11] The list of ISPs below is probably incomplete as each ISP can decide individually on the matter.
The list of blocked gambling websites is the only official publicly available and maintained blocklist in Belgium. The list is available on the official Belgian Gaming Commission website.[16]
References
^"10 JANVIER 2010. - Loi portant modification de la législation relative aux jeux de hasard" [10 January 2010. - Bill to amend the law regarding games of chance]. LOI - WET. 1 February 2010. from the original on 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
^ ab"Het hof van beroep, zitting houdend te ANTWERPEN, EERSTE KAMER, recht doende in burgerlijke zaken, heeft volgend arrest gewezen: inzake: 2010/AR/2541, VZW BELGIAN ANTI-PIRACY FEDERATION, afgekort VZW BAF, met zetel gevestigd te 1200 Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Almapleine 3 bus 10 en ingeschreven in de kruispuntbank der ondernemingen onder der nr. 0427.907.283" [The Court of Appeal, sitting in ANTWERP, FIRST CHAMBER, acting in civil cases, has issued the following judgment: regarding 2010/AR/2541, VZW BELGIAN ANTI-PIRACY FEDERATION, abbreviated as VZW BAF, with registered office at 1200 Sint- Lambrechts-Woluwe, Almapleine 3 bus 10 and registered at the companies crossroads bank under no. 0427.907.283] (PDF) (in Dutch). Antwerp: Hof van beroep, eerste kamer (Court of Appeal, First Chamber). 4 October 2011. (PDF) from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
^ abcdefVan der Sar, Ernesto (28 August 2013). "Belgian ISPs Quietly Expand Torrent Site Blockade". TorrentFreak. from the original on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
^"Belgian ISP ordered to block The Pirate Bay; Telecomix and TPB Offer Workarounds". Slashdot. SlashdotMedia. 4 October 2011. from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^Baker, Jennifer (6 October 2011). "Pirate Bay encourages filesharers to dodge Belgium block". Techworld. IDG UK. from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^Ausloos, Jef (7 December 2011). "Belgian ISPs vs Internet Freedom". EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation. Electronic Frontier Foundation. from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
^Van Mechelen, Christophe (17 November 2011), BAF Letter to ISPs(PDF) (in French), Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Anti-piracy Federation, (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2012, retrieved 16 January 2014
^Van Mechelen, Christophe (17 November 2011). "BAF Letter to ISPs" (PDF) (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Anti-piracy Federation. (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
^"La BAF fait chanter les fournisseurs d'accès pour étendre la censure internet" [The BAF blackmails ISPs to extend internet censorship]. NURPA (in French). Brussels: Net Users' Rights Protection Association. 5 December 2011. from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
^Lausson, Julien (6 December 2011). "Les FAI belges invités à bloquer The Pirate Bay pour éviter les frais de justice" [Belgian ISPs invited to block The Pirate Bay to avoid court costs] (in French). Numerama. from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
^"Les fournisseurs d'accès à Internet étendent la censure, sans base légale" [ISPs extend censure, without legal basis]. NURPA (in French). Net Users' Rights Protection Association. 19 December 2011. from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
^Gibbs, Samuel (30 October 2013). "Isohunt BitTorrent search engine back online". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited.
^Maxwell, Andy (10 December 2013). "H33T Back Online After Several Months Downtime". TorrentFreak. from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
^ abKayali, Laura (1 March 2022). "EU officially boots Russia's RT, Sputnik outlets". Politico EU. from the original on 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
^"Liste noire: Liste des sites de jeux interdits" [Blacklist: List of prohibited gaming sites]. SPF JUSTICE: Commission des jeux de hasard (in French). Commission des jeux de Hasard. from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
External links
Gaming Commission
the StopPage
anti-piracy.be
August 26, 2023
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ISPs and not by others Site blocks in Belgium are at this moment based on DNS Hijacking which has the possibilities of circumventing using proxies or DNS over HTTPS Blocked websites are redirected to a multilingual StopPage Contents 1 Verification 2 Court ordered blocked websites 2 1 Notes 3 Unilaterally blocked websites 4 EU ordered blocked websites 5 Gambling regulations blocked websites 6 References 7 External linksVerification EditThere is no official complete register of blocked sites Blocked content includes Court orders mainly for copyright issues Unilateral blocking some websites have been reported as being blocked without any known court order on the sole initiative of certain ISPs Gambling regulations Belgian gambling laws requires a Gambling business to have a local physical gambling point and proper license in order to provide online gambling 1 Court ordered blocked websites EditThese are the sites explicitly listed and blocked by court cases in Belgium Site name Domain or URL Type of site Reason ISPs in Court Case Blocked By 2 Start date Resolution dateThe Pirate Bay thepiratebay se thepiratebay org thepiratebay net thepiratebay com thepiratebay nu piratebay org piratebay net piratebay se piratebay no jimkeyser se ripthepiratebay com Torrent Indexer Copyright 3 Proximus Telenet Proximus Telenet Numericable 4 note 1 Orange 4 note 1 Voo November 2011 3 5 6 7 Vitae vitae co vitaetoken io Crypto currency Potential scam Telenet June 2021LS Script Hub lsscripthub xyz Exploiting Copyright Proximus Telenet Orange Voo June 2023 Notes Edit a b It is important to note that despite the fact that only two ISPs were actually concerned in this court order many other ISPs have implemented the same blocking without any specific court order It is not fully known which ISPs decided to enforce this ruling or not Unilaterally blocked websites EditThese are the sites blocked by some ISPs in Belgium without any known related court order It is believed that these blockings are the result of pressure by the Belgian Anti piracy Federation BAF who threatened ISPs with heavy legal fees should they not comply with their request 8 9 10 11 The list of ISPs below is probably incomplete as each ISP can decide individually on the matter Case name Domain or URL Type of site Reason Blocked by 2 Start date Resolution dateThe Pirate Bay thepiratebay se depiraatbaai be Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Numericable Telenet Voo December 2011 12 IsoHunt isohunt com Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Numericable Telenet Voo unknown citation needed Site moved to new domain in October 2013 13 KickAssTorrents kat ph kickass to Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Numericable Telenet Voo August 2013 4 BitSnoop bitsnoop com Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Telenet Voo August 2013 4 ExtraTorrent extratorrent cc Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Telenet Voo August 2013 4 h33t h33t com Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Numericable Telenet Voo August 2013 4 Site moved to new domain in December 2013 14 monova monova org Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Telenet Voo unknown citation needed TorrentReactor torrentreactor net Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Numericable Telenet Voo unknown citation needed TorrentHound torrenthound com Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Telenet Voo unknown citation needed Yify Subtitles yifysubtitles com Movie Subtitles Copyright Proximus Telenet February 2016LS Script Hub lsscripthub xyz Exploiting Tool Copyright Proximus Telenet Orange Voo June 2023EU ordered blocked websites EditThese are the sites blocked because of EU mandates Site name Domain or URL Type of site Reason Blocked By 2 Start date Resolution dateSputnik sputniknews com News agency Political 15 Orange EDPnet Telenet 2022 08 03RT www rt com de rt com francais rt com actualidad rt com News agency Political 15 Orange EDPnet Telenet 2022 08 03Gambling regulations blocked websites EditThe list of blocked gambling websites is the only official publicly available and maintained blocklist in Belgium The list is available on the official Belgian Gaming Commission website 16 References Edit 10 JANVIER 2010 Loi portant modification de la legislation relative aux jeux de hasard 10 January 2010 Bill to amend the law regarding games of chance LOI WET 1 February 2010 Archived from the original on 2014 01 17 Retrieved 2014 01 16 a b c DNS Lookups on ISP DNS Servers a b Het hof van beroep zitting houdend te ANTWERPEN EERSTE KAMER recht doende in burgerlijke zaken heeft volgend arrest gewezen inzake 2010 AR 2541 VZW BELGIAN ANTI PIRACY FEDERATION afgekort VZW BAF met zetel gevestigd te 1200 Sint Lambrechts Woluwe Almapleine 3 bus 10 en ingeschreven in de kruispuntbank der ondernemingen onder der nr 0427 907 283 The Court of Appeal sitting in ANTWERP FIRST CHAMBER acting in civil cases has issued the following judgment regarding 2010 AR 2541 VZW BELGIAN ANTI PIRACY FEDERATION abbreviated as VZW BAF with registered office at 1200 Sint Lambrechts Woluwe Almapleine 3 bus 10 and registered at the companies crossroads bank under no 0427 907 283 PDF in Dutch Antwerp Hof van beroep eerste kamer Court of Appeal First Chamber 4 October 2011 Archived PDF from the original on 25 October 2012 Retrieved 16 January 2014 a b c d e f Van der Sar Ernesto 28 August 2013 Belgian ISPs Quietly Expand Torrent Site Blockade TorrentFreak Archived from the original on 23 January 2014 Retrieved 16 January 2014 Belgian ISP ordered to block The Pirate Bay Telecomix and TPB Offer Workarounds Slashdot SlashdotMedia 4 October 2011 Archived from the original on 19 January 2014 Retrieved 18 January 2014 Baker Jennifer 6 October 2011 Pirate Bay encourages filesharers to dodge Belgium block Techworld IDG UK Archived from the original on 1 February 2014 Retrieved 18 January 2014 Ausloos Jef 7 December 2011 Belgian ISPs vs Internet Freedom EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation Electronic Frontier Foundation Archived from the original on 21 January 2014 Retrieved 18 January 2014 Van Mechelen Christophe 17 November 2011 BAF Letter to ISPs PDF in French Brussels Belgium Belgian Anti piracy Federation archived PDF from the original on 26 January 2012 retrieved 16 January 2014 Van Mechelen Christophe 17 November 2011 BAF Letter to ISPs PDF in Dutch Brussels Belgium Belgian Anti piracy Federation Archived PDF from the original on 26 January 2012 Retrieved 16 January 2014 La BAF fait chanter les fournisseurs d acces pour etendre la censure internet The BAF blackmails ISPs to extend internet censorship NURPA in French Brussels Net Users Rights Protection Association 5 December 2011 Archived from the original on 23 February 2014 Retrieved 16 January 2014 Lausson Julien 6 December 2011 Les FAI belges invites a bloquer The Pirate Bay pour eviter les frais de justice Belgian ISPs invited to block The Pirate Bay to avoid court costs in French Numerama Archived from the original on 21 January 2014 Retrieved 16 January 2014 Les fournisseurs d acces a Internet etendent la censure sans base legale ISPs extend censure without legal basis NURPA in French Net Users Rights Protection Association 19 December 2011 Archived from the original on 3 February 2014 Retrieved 16 January 2014 Gibbs Samuel 30 October 2013 Isohunt BitTorrent search engine back online The Guardian Guardian News and Media Limited Maxwell Andy 10 December 2013 H33T Back Online After Several Months Downtime TorrentFreak Archived from the original on 22 January 2014 Retrieved 17 January 2014 a b Kayali Laura 1 March 2022 EU officially boots Russia s RT Sputnik outlets Politico EU Archived from the original on 2022 03 02 Retrieved 2022 03 08 Liste noire Liste des sites de jeux interdits Blacklist List of prohibited gaming sites SPF JUSTICE Commission des jeux de hasard in French Commission des jeux de Hasard Archived from the original on 2014 02 01 Retrieved 2014 01 16 External links EditGaming Commission the StopPage anti piracy be 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