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Re:Spain Orders Blocks on Archive.today and Its Mirrors by vasco on Sunday September 20, 2026 @04:01AM (#49773588)
It started around 2008 when they had one of the most permissive landscapes in Europe with pressure by the US using the Special 301 whatchlist. Then Obama increased the pressure with Zapatero and after a couple of tries the timeline you describe was set in motion.

Thanks MPAA and RIAA as usual.

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Re:Spain Orders Blocks on Archive.today and Its Mirrors by mdp2021 on Sunday September 20, 2026 @04:56AM (#49773919)
The attempts to end anonimity and to end cash flow are ideological and pretty surely did not come from the USA.
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Re:Spain Orders Blocks on Archive.today and Its Mirrors by petcat on Sunday September 20, 2026 @06:35AM (#49774451)
USA had nothing to do with this.

Spain and the EU have always been perfectly capable and willing to do this kind of internet blocking and censorship without USA telling them to.

You notice how nothing even remotely close to this kind of forced ISP blocking happens in the US? It is wildly illegal.

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Re:Spain Orders Blocks on Archive.today and Its Mirrors by mitxela on Sunday September 20, 2026 @07:50AM (#49774876)
Both can be true
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Re:Spain Orders Blocks on Archive.today and Its Mirrors by vasco on Monday September 21, 2026 @02:01AM (#49783524)
Both can't be true when they are lying about the US having nothing to do with it. The reporting is widely available.
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Re:Spain Orders Blocks on Archive.today and Its Mirrors by vasco on Sunday September 20, 2026 @07:07AM (#49774606)
Explain the 301 watch list pressure.
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