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I believe that's similar to what was done in Spain (for quite some time).

https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2025/02/19/cloudflare-takes-...

(Article from 2025, but last year it was already happening here)

La Liga has such pull in Spain, they literally cripple the internet when games are going on so people can't pirate. This is because the VPN companies refused to comply.

Yeah, I first learnwd about this when I was browsing a tech site and it wasn't working. Then found someone on Twitter explaining it was due to a soccer match happening and the link had details about what La Liga was doing.

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