Websites blocked in Belgium

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.

Verification

There is no official complete register of blocked sites. Blocked content includes:

The only reported technique used by Belgian ISPs to block such websites is DNS Hijacking where requests toward the blocked websites would be redirected to a government owned web page: the "StopPage".[2]

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[3]

Start date

Resolution date

The 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[4]
  • Proximus
  • Telenet
  • Numericable[1 1]
  • Mobistar[1 1]
  • Voo
 November 2011[4][5][6][7]

Notes

  1. 1 2 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

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 of 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[3]

Start date

Resolution date

The Pirate Bay
  • thepiratebay.se
  • depiraatbaai.be
Torrent Indexer Copyright
  • Proximus
  • Mobistar
  • Numericable
  • Telenet
  • Voo
 December 2011[12]
IsoHunt
  • isohunt.com
 Torrent Indexer Copyright
  • Proximus
  • Mobistar
  • Numericable
  • Telenet
  • Voo
 unknown Site moved to new domain in

October 2013[13]

KickAssTorrents
  • kat.ph
  • kickass.to
 Torrent Indexer Copyright
  • Proximus
  • Mobistar
  • Numericable
  • Telenet
  • Voo
 August 2013[14]
BitSnoop
  • bitsnoop.com
 Torrent Indexer Copyright
  • Proximus
  • Mobistar
  • Telenet
  • Voo
 August 2013[14]
ExtraTorrent
  • extratorrent.cc
 Torrent Indexer Copyright
  • Proximus
  • Mobistar
  • Telenet
  • Voo
 August 2013[14]
h33t
  • h33t.com
 Torrent Indexer Copyright
  • Proximus
  • Mobistar
  • Numericable
  • Telenet
  • Voo
 August 2013[14] Site moved to new domain in

December 2013[15]

monova
  • monova.org
 Torrent Indexer Copyright
  • Proximus
  • Mobistar
  • Telenet
  • Voo
 unknown
TorrentReactor
  • torrentreactor.net
 Torrent Indexer Copyright
  • Proximus
  • Mobistar
  • Numericable
  • Telenet
  • Voo
 unknown
TorrentHound
  • torrenthound.com
 Torrent Indexer Copyright
  • Proximus
  • Mobistar
  • Telenet
  • Voo
 unknown
YifySubtitles
  • yifysubtitles.com
 Movie Subtitles Copyright
  • Proximus
  • Telenet
 February 2016

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]

References

  1. ↑ "LOI - WET".
  2. ↑ "Belgian Court of Appeal prefers DNS blocking over IP blocking".
  3. 1 2 Source : DNS Lookups on ISP DNS Servers
  4. 1 2 "Official Court Report" (PDF) (in Dutch). nurba.be. 4 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Belgian ISP ordered to block The Pirate Bay". yro.slashdot.org. 4 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Pirate Bay encourages filesharers to dodge Belgium block". news.techworld.com. 6 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "Belgian ISPs vs Internet Freedom". eff.org. 7 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "BAF Letter to ISPs" (PDF) (in French). nurpa.be. 17 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "BAF Letter to Belgian ISPs" (PDF) (in Dutch). nurpa.be. 17 November 2011.
  10. ↑ "La BAF fait chanter les fournisseurs d'accès pour étendre la censure internet" (in French). nurpa.be. 5 December 2011.
  11. ↑ "Les FAI belges invités à bloquer The Pirate Bay pour éviter les frais de justice" (in French). numerama.com. 6 December 2011.
  12. ↑ "Les Fournisseurs d'accès internet étendent la censure, sans base légale" (in French). nurpa.be. 19 December 2011.
  13. ↑ Samuel Gibbs. "Isohunt BitTorrent search engine clone back online". the Guardian.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Belgian ISPs quietly expand torrent site blockade". torrentfreak.com. 28 August 2013.
  15. ↑ "h33t online after several months downtime". torrentfreak.com. 10 December 2013.
  16. ↑ "Pagina - Commission des jeux de Hasard".

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