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 or DNS over HTTPS. Blocked websites are redirected to a multilingual StopPage
Verification
There is no official complete register of blocked sites. Blocked content includes: Court orders (mainly for copyright issues) Unilateral blocking (some websites have been reported as being blocked without any known court order on the sole initiative of certain ISPs) Gambling regulations (Belgian gambling laws requires a Gambling business to have a local physical gambling point and proper license in order to provide online gambling)
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 ByDNS Lookups on ISP DNS ServersStart 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 Proximus Telenet Proximus Telenet NumericableDespite only two ISPs 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. Orange Voo November 2011Vitae vitae.co vitaetoken.ioCrypto currencyPotential scam TelenetJune 2021LS Script Hub lsscripthub.xyzExploitingCopyright Proximus Telenet Orange VooJune 2023
Notes
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 with heavy legal fees should they not comply with their request. 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 byStart date Resolution date The Pirate Bay thepiratebay.se depiraatbaai.be Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Numericable Telenet Voo December 2011 IsoHunt isohunt.com Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Numericable Telenet Voo unknown Site moved to new domain in October 2013 KickAssTorrents kat.ph kickass.to Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Numericable Telenet Voo August 2013 BitSnoop bitsnoop.com Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Telenet Voo August 2013 ExtraTorrent extratorrent.cc Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Telenet Voo August 2013 h33t h33t.com Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Numericable Telenet Voo August 2013 Site moved to new domain in December 2013monova monova.org Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Telenet Voo unknown TorrentReactor torrentreactor.net Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Numericable Telenet Voo unknownTorrentHound torrenthound.com Torrent Indexer Copyright Proximus Orange Telenet Voo unknown Yify Subtitles yifysubtitles.com Movie Subtitles Copyright Proximus Telenet February 2016 LS Script Hub lsscripthub.xyzExploiting ToolCopyright Proximus Telenet Orange VooJune 2023
EU-ordered blocked websites These are the sites blocked because of EU mandates. Site name Domain or URL Type of site Reason Blocked ByStart date Resolution date Sputnik sputniknews.com News agency Political Orange EDPnet Telenet2022-08-03RT www.rt.com de.rt.com francais.rt.com actualidad.rt.com News agency Political Orange EDPnet Telenet2022-08-03
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.
References
External links Gaming Commission the StopPage anti-piracy.be