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1. miohtama · 1789889627 · focus · HN ↗

   Modern Spain is having patchy record with digital age. Earlier:

   1. Blocked Telegram with a court order, reinstituted after public backslash

   2. Blocks Internet and Cloudflare during La Liga matches

   3. Prime minister Pedro Sanchez from Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) has demanded the end of anonymity in Internet

   They say it is to protect the kids, but likely it is to find out who watches La Liga without a premium subscription.

   1. vasco · 1789891303 · focus · HN ↗

      It started around 2008 when they had one of the most permissive landscapes in Europe with pressure by the US using the Special 301 whatchlist. Then Obama increased the pressure with Zapatero and after a couple of tries the timeline you describe was set in motion.

      Thanks MPAA and RIAA as usual.

      1. petcat · 1789900551 · focus · HN ↗

         USA had nothing to do with this.

         Spain and the EU have always been perfectly capable and willing to do this kind of internet blocking and censorship without USA telling them to.

         You notice how nothing even remotely close to this kind of forced ISP blocking happens in the US? It is wildly illegal.

         1. vasco · 1789902434 · focus · HN ↗

            Explain the 301 watch list pressure.
         2. mitxela · 1789905037 · focus · HN ↗

            Both can be true

            1. vasco · 1789970495 · focus · HN ↗

               Both can't be true when they are lying about the US having nothing to do with it. The reporting is widely available.

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