List of websites blocked in the United Kingdom explained

This is a list of websites blocked in the United Kingdom.

Resolved and erroneous blocks

Site name (s) Domain (s) or URL (s) Type of site (s) Reason (s) Blocked by Start date Resolution date
Wikipedia[1] [2] Virgin Killer record album article on en.wikipedia.orgOnline encyclopediaPotentially indecent image of underage childInternet Watch Foundation (Unblocked by IWF)
Wayback Machinearchive.orgWeb archiveSite incompatibility with CleanfeedInternet Watch Foundation[3] [4]
FileServefileserve.comFile hostingMistakeInternet Watch Foundation[5] [6]
NewzBin2[7] newzbin.com later newzbin.esUsenet file searchCopyrightMotion Picture Association court order (Site closed)
WordPress.comSeveral servers of wordpress.comBlog hostingMistakeISP(s)[8]
TorrentFreak[9] torrentfreak.comNews siteTechnical implementationPremier League court order — Sky Broadband
Radio Times and hundreds more[10] [11] radiotimes.com plus many moreDNS provider and its customersTechnical implementationPremier League court order
Imgur[12] Specific address range(s) used by imgur.comImage hostingTechnical issue with content lock systemEE (Technical problem resolved)
WordPress.comSeveral servers of wordpress.comBlog hostingMistakeISP(s)[13]
Imgurimgur.comImage hostingTechnical implementation[14] Sky Broadband
WordPress.comSeveral servers of wordpress.comBlog hostingMistakeISP(s)[15]
Imgur[16] imgur.comImage hostingTechnical fault[17] Virgin Media
Imgurimgur.comImage hostingTechnical fault[18] Virgin Media

Sanctioned websites

As part of UK sanctions against Russia, ISPs are required to take "reasonable steps to prevent" users accessing "an internet service provided by" a person or organisation sanctioned by the UK government. This effectively means blocking websites operated by such organisations. Organisations sanctioned are currently TV Novosti and Rossiya Segodnya.[19] [20] The websites currently listed by the UK government are:

Court ordered implementations targeting copyright and trademark infringement

Sites are blocked using various methods across the "Big 5" UK ISPs, in accordance with Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, making it difficult to ascertain the extent to which a site is 'blocked' or not. In December 2014, the affected ISPs decided to publish more information about the blocking orders they received.[23]

If a user visits a blocked site within the United Kingdom, the user will be forwarded to www.ukispcourtorders.co.uk which includes the list of blocked domains and court orders.

ISPs with over 400,000 subscribers subject to blocking orders include:

Site name (s) Domain (s) or URL (s) Type of site (s) Reason (s) Was blocked by Implementation date
The Pirate Bay[27] File sharingCopyrightBPI court order
File sharingCopyrightBPI court order
Movie2kmovie2k.toFile sharingCopyrightBBFC court order
Download For Alldl4all.comFile sharingCopyrightMPAA court order
EZTV[28] eztv.itFile sharingCopyrightMPAA court order
First Row Sports[29] [30] firstrow1.euStreamingCopyrightPremier League court order
File sharingCopyrightBPI court order[31] [32]
CopyrightMPAA court order
StreamingCopyrightMPAA court order[33]
StreamingCopyrightMPAA court order
VariousLuxury goodsCounterfeit goods
File sharingCopyrightBPI court order
File sharingCopyrightMPAA court order[34]
File sharingCopyrightBPI court order[35]
Ebook file sharingCopyrightThe Publishers Association court order[36]
Members of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America)
StreamingCopyrightMembers of the MPA (Motion Picture Association of America Inc)
Various target serversThe Football Association Premier League Limited ("FAPL") (expired May 2017)
Various target serversThe Football Association Premier League Limited ("FAPL")
Streaming and File SharingCopyright
  1. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
  2. Universal City Studios Productions LLP
  3. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
  4. Paramount Pictures Corporation
  5. Disney Enterprises, Inc.
  6. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
Team XecutorTeam Xecutor SXSX Cart:stargate3dsstargate3ds.orgxecuteros.comsxflashcart.comNintendo Switch sitesCopyright2019
Sci-Hubsci-hub.seScientific Journal and Article SharingCopyright[37]
NitroFlarenitroflare.comFile SharingCopyrightBPI court orderFebruary 2021
TinyZoneWatch SeriesLevidiaEUROPIX HDtinyzonetv.to

watchserieshd.stream

watchserieshd.ru

watchserieshd.org

levidia.ch

europixhd.pro

europixhd.net

StreamingCopyrightMPAA court orderOctober 2021
TvShows88Soap2daySflixOnionplayHurawatchGototubFmoviesFlixhqCmoviesBFLIXtvshows88.livetv88.tosoap2day.videoonionplay.segototub.netHurawatch.ru

Onionplay.se

Sflix.to

fmovies.co

Flixhq.ru

cmovies.so

bflix.to

StreamingCopyrightMPAA court order
NSWROMNSW2Unswrom.com

nsw2u.net

nsw2u.org

nsw2u.com

nsw2u.xyz

StreamingCopyrightNintendo court order2021
SolarMovieGmoviessolarmovie.pesolarmovies.winsolarmovies.mssolarmovies.cyousolarmovies.spacesolarmovies.cloudsolarmovies.questsolarmovieshd.orgsolarmovie123.netsolarmovie.zonesolarmovie.idsolarmovie.funsolarmovie-online.camreal-solarmovie.comsolarmovies.videosolarmovie-free.comsolarmovie.vipbest-solarmovie.progmovies.ccStreamingCopyrightMPAA court order2023
Gfxtra1hd.togfxtra31.com1hd.toFile SharingCopyrightMPAA court orderJuly 2023
Get Into PCFilecr

Gfx Mountain

Ymovies

123 Movies

getintopc.comfilecr.com

gfxmountain.com

ymovies.vip

123movies.info

Streaming and File SharingCopyrightMPAA court orderAugust 2023
softprober.com4download.netsoftcamel.comfullversiondl.comheaven32.comtaiwebs.comsoftbuff.comgetpczone.comaudiosex.propesktop.commagesy.blogputlocker.booFile SharingCopyrightMPAA court orderAugust 2023
StreamingCopyrightMPAA court orderSeptember 2023

Indirect blocking

In furtherance of the above-mentioned goal of restricting access to The Pirate Bay and similar sites, the BPI believes that "ISPs are required to block the illegal sites themselves, and proxies and proxy aggregators whose sole or predominant purpose is to give access to the illegal sites." As such, sites linking to sites which acted as proxies to The Pirate Bay were themselves added to the list of banned sites, including piratebayproxy.co.uk, piratebayproxylist.com and ukbay.org. This led to the indirect blocking (or hiding) of sites at the following domains, among others:[38] [39]

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Doctorow . Cory . How to make child-porn blocks safe for the internet . . 29 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075058/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/dec/16/cory-doctorow-wikipedia . 4 March 2016 . 16 December 2008 . live.
  3. Web site: Metz . Cade . IWF confirms Wayback Machine porn blacklisting . . 25 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170810141923/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/14/iwf_details_archive_blacklisting/ . 10 August 2017 . 14 January 2009 . live.
  4. Web site: Widdas . Brian . Accessing archive.org . Google Groups discussion . 1 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180215234906/https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/demon.service/m7YfKeJVZ7c/zS70dHJZFG0J . 15 February 2018 . 14 January 2009 . live.
  5. Web site: Jowitt . Tom . IWF Blacklist Snafu blocks access to FileServe . TechWeek Europe . 25 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203150913/http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/iwf-blacklist-snafu-blocks-access-to-fileserve-46702 . 3 December 2013 . 21 November 2011.
  6. Web site: Meyer . David . Blacklist hitch causes Virgin Media FileServe block . ZDNet (CBS Interactive) . 1 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233642/http://www.zdnet.com/blacklist-hitch-causes-virgin-media-fileserve-block-3040094466/ . 2 December 2013 . 21 November 2011 . live.
  7. Web site: Sweney . Mark . BT ordered to block Newzbin2 filesharing site within 14 days . . 4 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170810171512/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/oct/26/bt-block-newzbin2-filesharing-site . 10 August 2017 . 26 October 2011 . live.
  8. Web site: Recent problems accessing WordPress.com sites . WordPress Forums, Support . 25 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131201132544/http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/recent-problems-accessing-wordpresscom-sites?replies=3 . 1 December 2013 . 22 July 2013 . live.
  9. Web site: Shubber . Kadhim . News site TorrentFreak 'blocked' by Sky's piracy filter . Wired UK (Condé Nast UK) . 23 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160410204808/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-08/09/torrentfreak-blocked . 10 April 2016 . 9 August 2013 . dead.
  10. Web site: Kelion . Leo . Radio Times caught up in Premier League's piracy fight . . https://web.archive.org/web/20180308224626/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23699681 . 8 March 2018 . 14 August 2013 . live.
  11. Web site: Fiveash . Kelly . OWN GOAL! 100s of websites blocked after UK Premier League drops ball . . 23 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170810135232/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/15/site_blocking_after_court_orders_against_sites_illegally_serving_copyrighted_material/ . 10 August 2017 . 15 August 2013 . live.
  12. Web site: Page . Carly . EE irks 4G customers with unexplained Imgur block . The Inquirer . 1 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131122045128/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2307907/ee-irks-4g-customers-with-unexplained-imgur-block . 22 November 2013 . 19 November 2013 . dead.
  13. Web site: Dashboard errors related to TalkTalk ISP issue . WordPress.com Support Forum . 5 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131205180532/http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/dashboard-errors-related-to-talktalk-isp-issue . 5 December 2013 . 26 November 2013 . live.
  14. News: Andy. Imgur wiped out by Sky Broadband torrent site blocking. 17 December 2013. Torrentfreak. 17 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131217231915/http://torrentfreak.com/imgur-wiped-out-by-sky-broadband-torrent-site-blocking-131216/. live.
  15. Web site: Dashboard errors - TalkTalk, Sky, and BT care users . WordPress.com Support Forum . 15 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140316011945/http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/talktalk-and-bt-care-users-dashboard-errors?replies=1 . 16 March 2014 . 12 March 2014 . live.
  16. Web site: Site report — imgur.com . 20 May 2016 . 20 May 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170213001041/https://www.blocked.org.uk/results?url=http%3A%2F%2Fimgur.com . 13 February 2017 . dmy-all .
  17. Web site: Imgur on Twitter. Twitter. 21 May 2016. imgur-vm-fault-210516. 21 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160521182556/https://twitter.com/imgur/status/733843422868426752. live.
  18. Web site: Kelion . Leo . Virgin Media probes why it blocked giant Gif site Imgur . . 15 July 2019 . 15 July 2019 . 15 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190715175530/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-48990721 . live .
  19. Web site: 4 May 2022 . Open letter to industry about new restrictions on the provision of certain internet services to, or for the benefit of, "designated persons" . Ofcom.
  20. Web site: Jackson . Mark . 2022-04-30 . Russia Sanctions Add Shock Internet Censorship Twist for UK ISPs . 2023-09-12 . ISPreview UK . en.
  21. Web site: UK sanctions law, A&A, and Domain blocking . 2023-09-12 . Andrews & Arnold.
  22. Web site: UK Sanctions List Publication . gov.uk.
  23. Web site: Big 5 ISPs . Open Rights Group Wiki . 1 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234414/https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Big_5_ISPs . 2 December 2013 . 28 July 2013 . live.
  24. Web site: New measures to protect online copyright and inform consumers . News Release, Office of Communications (Ofcom) . 1 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203065850/http://media.ofcom.org.uk/2012/06/26/new-measures-to-protect-online-copyright-and-inform-consumers/ . 3 December 2013 . 26 June 2012 . The code will initially cover ISPs with more than 400,000 broadband-enabled fixed lines – currently BT, Everything Everywhere, O2, Sky, TalkTalk Group and Virgin Media. . dead.
  25. Web site: Websites we've blocked under order of the high court . Sky Broadcasting Group . 1 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129234404/http://help.sky.com/articles/websites-blocked-under-order-of-the-high-court . 29 November 2014 . dead.
  26. Web site: Why do we block certain websites? . Broadband and Internet: Internet Security, Virgin Media . 1 December 2013 . https://archive.today/20131126000500/http://help.virginmedia.com/system/viewArticle.jsp?uuid=D34214D1-A9B2-4941-A575-3381E1BB798F . 26 November 2013 . dead.
  27. News: The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK ISPs, court rules. BBC News Online. 30 April 2012. 12 August 2013. 15 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140215135804/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17894176. live.
  28. Web site: UK court to block file-sharing sites EZTV and YIFY . Edward Smith . International Business Times . 23 July 2013 . 3 November 2013 . 26 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130726142406/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/493565/20130723/eztv-yify-pirate-bay-blocked-uk-mpa.htm . live .
  29. Web site: Lee . David . Premier League wins piracy block of First Row Sports . . 4 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190203144322/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23342349 . 3 February 2019 . 17 July 2013 . live.
  30. Web site: Football Association Premier League Limited v. British Sky Broadcasting Limited, et al . England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) . 23 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506104753/https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=%2Few%2Fcases%2FEWHC%2FCh%2F2013%2F2058.html&query=firstrow&method=boolean . 6 May 2021 . 16 July 2013 . live.
  31. Web site: ISPs told to block 21 pirate sites . . 1 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180925064537/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24726078 . 25 September 2018 . 29 October 2013 . live.
  32. Web site: Best . Jo . 21 new torrent sites added to UK banned list . ZDNet . 19 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004213/http://www.zdnet.com/uk/21-new-torrent-sites-added-to-uk-banned-list-7000022604/ . 3 December 2013 . 30 October 2013 . live.
  33. Web site: Orlowski . Andrew . Brit ISPs ordered to add more movie-streaming websites to block list . . 23 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170810132159/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/14/studios_win_movie_streaming_blocks_in_uk/ . 10 August 2017 . 14 November 2013 . live.
  34. News: Ernesto. UK Piracy Blocklist expands with Demonoid, Isohunt, IPTorrents and more. 27 November 2014. 27 November 2014. 15 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180315104552/https://torrentfreak.com/uk-piracy-blocklist-expands-with-demonoid-isohunt-iptorrents-and-more-141127/. live.
  35. News: Ernesto. UK blocking more than 100 Pirate sites after new court order. 24 March 2015. 24 March 2015. 25 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150325203433/http://torrentfreak.com/uk-blocking-more-than-100-pirate-sites-after-new-court-order-150324/. live.
  36. News: Andy. High court orders UK ISPs to block eBook Sites. 27 May 2015. 27 May 2015. 7 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507130353/https://torrentfreak.com/high-court-orders-uk-isps-to-block-ebook-sites-150527/. live.
  37. Web site: Sci-Hub: Elsevier and Springer Nature Obtain UK ISP Blocking Order * TorrentFreak . 1 October 2021 . 27 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210927205216/https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hub-elsevier-and-springer-nature-obtain-uk-isp-blocking-order-210218/ . live .
  38. Web site: Ernesto . UK ISPs quietly block sites that list Pirate Bay proxies . TorrentFreak . 11 March 2015 . 10 March 2015 . 11 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150311224506/http://torrentfreak.com/uk-isps-quietly-block-lists-of-pirate-bay-proxies-150310/ . live .
  39. Web site: UK ISPs block Pirate Bay proxy sites. BBC News. 11 March 2015. 11 March 2015. 11 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150311144509/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31832137. live.

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