Piracy Shield: Top 10 Countries Blocked For Hosting IPTV Pirates in 2024

Italy launched its ambitious "Piracy Shield" platform in early 2024, hoping to finally curb the rampant piracy of live sports events. Throughout the year, the system has primarily targeted the domains and IP addresses used by pirate IPTV providers to stream illegal content. Official data made available to the public is limited but with help from data provided by an anonymous source, we can identify key trends from a very controversial year.

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Anti-Piracy

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Anti-Piracy

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