Spain blocks half the internet
Source: YouTube · Theo - t3․gg · published Apr 17, 2025 · 19:39
Spain's government has ordered ISPs to block Cloudflare's IP addresses during football games to combat piracy, but this policy is backfiring by making large portions of the internet inaccessible 0:45-0:54.
Key Takeaways:
• Cloudflare provides essential services to 20.5% of websites including DDoS protection, hosting, and CDN services 0:00-0:14
• IP addresses must be shared among many websites due to IPv4 scarcity, so blocking one IP affects countless legitimate services 5:40-6:04
• The ruling forces Spanish ISPs to block any IP reported by La Liga, impacting government services, airlines, and other legitimate businesses 13:31-14:01
• Cloudflare and digital rights groups had their appeals dismissed by the judge despite explaining the technical flaws 17:53-18:11
The video argues this demonstrates why governments need technical expertise before making internet policy and recommends Spanish citizens use VPNs to bypass the restrictions.
Sources:
- 0:45-0:54 Spain blocking Cloudflare during football games
- 0:00-0:14 Cloudflare's internet presence
- 5:40-6:04 IPv4 scarcity and IP address sharing
- 13:31-14:01 Impact on legitimate services in Spain
- 17:53-18:11 Dismissal of appeals by the judge
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Today we're talking about a small indie company. You may have heard about them before, Cloudflare. They're very, very small. They're only being used on like 20.5% of websites. They're used for a lot of different things from hosting to file management to CDNs to most importantly DOS protection. Using Cloudflare to prevent your services from being hit with DOS is incredibly common. There's a good chance you're buying your domains through them. There's a good chance you're using this CDN for other things, too. Cloudflare has taken over the web and the vast majority of heavy traffic, heavy value services are using Cloudflare somewhere in their stack. At the very least, they're using it as that DOS layer. Cloudflare is a very, very popular solution to a lot of problems we run into as web devs. …