Quad9 will leave France after court orders DNS blocks in beIN case
A Paris court ordered DNS blocking through November 14th and set a €1,000 daily penalty; Quad9 says it will withdraw on November 24th.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: Quad9
Why it matters
If Quad9 follows through, French users who rely on its resolver will need another provider. The court said Quad9 had not shown that geographically limited blocking was unworkable, leaving the question of whether DNS providers can be compelled to filter access in play.
Quad9 plans to stop serving users in France on November 24th, after a French court ordered it to block domains linked to alleged sports-broadcast piracy through November 14th. The Swiss nonprofit says compliance would compromise the privacy and neutrality that underpin its free public DNS service. The court ruled that Quad9 had not shown it was unable to comply.…
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