List of websites blocked in Belgium
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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
Verification
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.
|
Site name |
Domain or URL |
Type of site |
Reason |
ISPs in Court Case |
Blocked By[2] |
Start date |
Resolution date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pirate Bay |
|
Torrent Indexer | Copyright[3] | November 2011[3][5][6][7] | |||
| Vitae |
|
Crypto currency | Potential scam |
|
June 2021 | ||
| LS Script Hub |
|
Exploiting | Copyright |
|
June 2023 |
Notes
- Despite only two ISPs 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.
|
Case name |
Domain or URL |
Type of site |
Reason |
Blocked by[2] |
Start date |
Resolution date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Pirate Bay |
|
Torrent Indexer | Copyright |
|
December 2011[12] | |
| IsoHunt |
|
Torrent Indexer | Copyright |
|
unknown[citation needed] | Site moved to new domain in
October 2013[13] |
| KickAssTorrents |
|
Torrent Indexer | Copyright |
|
August 2013[4] | |
| BitSnoop |
|
Torrent Indexer | Copyright |
|
August 2013[4] | |
| ExtraTorrent |
|
Torrent Indexer | Copyright |
|
August 2013[4] | |
| h33t |
|
Torrent Indexer | Copyright |
|
August 2013[4] | Site moved to new domain in
December 2013[14] |
| monova |
|
Torrent Indexer | Copyright |
|
unknown[citation needed] | |
| TorrentReactor |
|
Torrent Indexer | Copyright |
|
unknown[citation needed] | |
| TorrentHound |
|
Torrent Indexer | Copyright |
|
unknown[citation needed] | |
| Yify Subtitles |
|
Movie Subtitles | Copyright |
|
February 2016 | |
| LS Script Hub |
|
Exploiting
Tool |
Copyright |
|
June 2023 |
EU-ordered blocked websites
These are the sites blocked because of EU mandates.
Gambling regulations blocked websites
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]