Lithuania Pitches Pirate Site Blocking as Defense Against “Hybrid Warfare,” Including Russian Disinformation

Lithuania’s media watchdog LRTK will present an overview of its strategic anti-piracy enforcement at an upcoming WIPO meeting in Geneva. The organization notes that combining pirate site blocking measures with OSINT tools has been helpful in countering hybrid pirate site threats, including the distribution of Russian disinformation. However, the Netherlands found out that blindly copying these blocklists isn't always the best idea.