List of websites blocked in the United Kingdom

Blocked by mobile operators and ISP network filters

• Web blocking in the United Kingdom - Mobile Internet Blocking
• Web blocking in the United Kingdom - ISP Default network blocking

Resolved and erroneous blocks

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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.org	Online encyclopedia	Potentially indecent image of underage child	Internet Watch Foundation	5 December 2008	Unblocked by IWF on 9 December 2008
Wayback Machine	archive.org	Web archive	Site incompatibility with Cleanfeed	Internet Watch Foundation[3]	14 January 2009	16 January 2009[4]
FileServe	fileserve.com	File hosting	Mistake	Internet Watch Foundation[5]	16 November 2011[6]	18 November 2011
NewzBin2[7]	newzbin.com later newzbin.es	Usenet file search	Copyright	Motion Picture Association court order	November 2011	Site closed in November 2012
WordPress.com	Several servers of wordpress.com	Blog hosting	Mistake	ISP(s)[8]	17 July 2013	29 July 2013
TorrentFreak[9]	torrentfreak.com	News site	Technical implementation	Premier League court order - Sky Broadband	7 August 2013	9 August 2013
DNS Made Easy including Radio Times and hundreds more[10][11]	radiotimes.com plus many more	DNS provider and its customers	Technical implementation	Premier League court order	13 August 2013	14 August 2013
Imgur[12]	Specific address range(s) used by imgur.com	Image hosting	Technical issue with content lock system	EE	October 2013	Technical problem resolved by 22 November 2013
WordPress.com	Several servers of wordpress.com	Blog hosting	Mistake	ISP(s)[13]	26 November 2013	5 December 2013
Imgur	imgur.com	Image hosting	Technical implementation[14]	Sky Broadband	14 December 2013	16 December 2013
WordPress.com	Several servers of wordpress.com	Blog hosting	Mistake	ISP(s)[15]	12 March 2014	16 March 2014

Court ordered implementations targeting copyright and trademark infringement

Sites are blocked using various methods across the "Big 5" UK ISPs, in accordance with the Digital Economy Act, 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.^[16]

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

• BT Group^[17]
• EE
• Sky Broadband^[18]
• Talk Talk
• Virgin Media^[19]

Site name (s)	Domain (s) or URL (s)	Type of site (s)	Reason (s)	Blocked by	Implementation date
The Pirate Bay[20]	thepiratebay.org thepiratebay.se	File sharing	Copyright	BPI court order	May 2012
Fenopy H33t KickassTorrents	fenopy.eu h33t.com kat.ph	File sharing	Copyright	BPI court order[21]	March 2013
Movie2k	movie2k.to	File sharing	Copyright	MPAA court order	May 2013
Download For All	dl4all.com	File sharing	Copyright	MPAA court order	May 2013
EZTV[21]	eztv.it	File sharing	Copyright	MPAA court order	July 2013
First Row Sports[22][23]	firstrow1.eu	Streaming	Copyright	Premier League court order	July 2013
1337x Abmp3 BeeMPS BitSnoop Bomb-Mp3 eMp3World ExtraTorrent File Crop FilesTube[24] Monova Mp3 Juices Mp3lemon Mp3 Raid Mp3skull New Album Releases Rapid Library Torrent Crazy Torrent Downloads Torrent Hound Torrent Reactor Torrentz	1337x.org abmp3.com beemp3s.org bitsnoop.com bomb-mp3.com emp3world.cc extratorrent.cc filecrop.com filestube.com monova.org mp3juices.com mp3lemon.org mp3raid.com mp3skull.com newalbumreleases.net rapidlibrary.com torrentcrazy.com torrentsdownload.org torrenthound.com torrentreactor.net torrentz.eu	File sharing	Copyright	BPI court order[25][26]	October 2013
PrimeWire Project Free TV Vodly WatchFreeMovies YIFY Torrents	free-tv-video-online.me primewire.ag vodly.to watchfreemovies.ch yify-torrents.com	File sharing Streaming	Copyright	MPAA court order	November 2013
Solar Movie Tube +	solarmovie.so tubeplus.me	Streaming	Copyright	MPAA court order[27]	November 2013
Megashare Viooz Watch32 Zmovie	megashare.info viooz.co watch32.com zmovie.co	Streaming	Copyright	MPAA court order	March 2014
Various	1iwc.com cartierloveonline.com hotcartierwatch.com iwcwatchtop.com montblancpensonlineuk.com replicawatchesiwc.com ukmontblancoutlet.co.uk	Luxury goods	Counterfeit goods	Cartier International, Montblanc & Richemont court order[28]	October 2014
bittorrent.am Bit Torrent Scene BTDigg Btloft.com limetorrents nowtorrents Pick Torrent Seedpeer torlock Torrentbit Torrentdb Torrent download Torrent Express Torrent Funk Torrent Project Torrent Room Torrents.net Torrent Us Torrentz.cd Torrent Zap Vitorrent	bittorrent.am btdigg.org btloft.com bts.to limetorrents.com nowtorrents.com picktorrent.com seedpeer.me torlock.com torrentbit.net torrentdb.li torrentdownload.ws torrentexpress.net torrentfunk.com torrentproject.se torrentroom.com torrents.net torrentus.eu torrentz.cd torrentzap.com vitorrent.org	File sharing	Copyright	BPI court order	October 2014
BitSoup Cucirca Demonoid Heroturko Ice Films IP Torrents Isohunt Iwannawatch Iwatchonline Los Movies Movie25 Rapid Moviez Rar BG Scene Source Seventorrents Stream TV Sumotorrent Tor Movies Torrent Day torrent.cd Torrentbutler TorrentBytes Torrenting Torrents.fm Torrentz.pro Vertor Warez BB Watchseries-online watchseries.lt watchseries.to YourBittorrent	bitsoup.me † cucirca.eu demonoid.ph heroturko.me icefilms.info iptorrents.com † isohunt.to iwannawatch.to iwatchonline.to losmovies.tv movie25.cm rapidmoviez.com rarbg.com scenesource.me seventorrents.re tv-series.me sumotorrent.sx tormovies.org torrentday.com † torrent.cd torrentbutler.eu torrentbytes.net torrenting.com torrents.fm torrentz.pro vertor.eu warez-bb.org watchtvseries.to watchseries.lt watchseries.to yourbittorrent.com	File sharing	Copyright	MPAA court order[29]	November 2014
Bursalagu Fullsongs Mega-Search Mp3.li Mp3Bear MP3Boo Mp3Clan Mp3 Monkey Mp3Olimp MP3s.pl Mp3soup Mp3Truck Musicaddict My Free MP3 Plixid RnBXclusive STAFA Band		File sharing	Copyright	BPI court order[30]	March 2015
AvaxHome Bookfi Bookre Ebookee Freebookspot Freshwap Library Genesis		Ebook file sharing	Copyright	The Publishers Association court order[31]	May 2015

† Indicates a site with no public file listings.^[29]

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:^[32][33][34]

• 030421678943105436 08954317678950.com
• argentinabay.info
• bayproxy.pw
• belgiumbay.info
• denmarkbay.info
• fattorrents.ws
• finlandbay.info
• germanybay.info
• greecebay.info
• indiabay.info
• indonesiabay.info
• iranbay.info
• irelandbay.info
• italybay.info
• magnetsearch.net
• magnetsearch.org
• mctorrents.se
• netherlandsbay.info
• norwaybay.info
• pbproxy.com
• piratehole.com
• pirateproxies.info
• pirateproxies.net
• pirateproxies.org
• pirateproxy.wiki
• pirateproxybay.com
• piratetavern.net
• piratetavern.org
• piratewiki.info
• proxypirate.pw
• saudiarabiabay.info
• singaporebay.info
• swedenbay.info
• themeatbay.com
• thenewbay.org
• thepirateproxy.co
• theproxy.pw
• tpbay.co
• tpblite.com
• tpbproxy.cc
• tpbproxy.pw
• turkeybay.info
• ukbay.info
• unblockbay.com
• unblockthepiratebay.net
• unblockthepiratebay.org

See also

• Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
• Censorship
• Censorship in the United Kingdom
• Computer and network surveillance
• Copyright infringement
• Copyright in the United Kingdom
• Copyright law of the European Union
• Child abuse image content list
• Digital Economy Act 2010
• EU Copyright Directive
• File sharing in the United Kingdom
• Internet censorship
• Internet censorship in the United Kingdom
• Internet Watch Foundation and Wikipedia
• Legal aspects of file sharing
• Web blocking in the United Kingdom

External links

• wiki.451unavailable.org.uk - The repository for UK court orders requiring domains, IP addresses and URLs to be blocked by internet service providers.

References

1. "Wikipedia falls foul of British censors", Bobbie Johnson, The Guardian, 7 December 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
2. "How to make child-porn blocks safe for the internet", Cory Doctorow, The Guardian, 16 December 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
3. "IWF confirms Wayback Machine porn blacklisting", Cade Metz, The Register, 14 January 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
4. Accessing archive.org, Brian Widdas, Google Groups discussion, 14 January 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
5. "IWF Blacklist Snafu blocks access to FileServe", Tom Jowitt, TechWeek Europe, 21 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
6. "Blacklist hitch causes Virgin Media FileServe block", David Meyer, ZDNet (CBS Interactive), 21 November 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
7. "BT ordered to block Newzbin2 filesharing site within 14 days", Mark Sweney, The Guardian, 26 October 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
8. "Recent problems accessing WordPress.com sites", WordPress Forums, Support, 22 July 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
9. "News site TorrentFreak 'blocked' by Sky's piracy filter", Kadhim Shubber, Wired UK (Condé Nast UK), 9 August 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
10. "Radio Times caught up in Premier League's piracy fight", Leo Kelion, BBC News, 14 August 2013.
11. "OWN GOAL! 100s of websites blocked after UK Premier League drops ball", Kelly Fiveash, The Register, 15 August 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
12. "EE irks 4G customers with unexplained Imgur block", Carly Page, The Inquirer, 19 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
13. "Dashboard errors related to TalkTalk ISP issue", WordPress.com Support Forum, 26 November 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
14. Andy. "Imgur wiped out by Sky Broadband torrent site blocking". Torrentfreak. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
15. "Dashboard errors - TalkTalk, Sky, and BT care users", WordPress.com Support Forum, 12 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
16. "Big 5 ISPs", Open Rights Group Wiki, 28 July 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
17. "New measures to protect online copyright and inform consumers", News Release, Office of Communications (Ofcom), 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." Retrieved 1 December 2013.
18. "Websites we’ve blocked under order of the high court", Sky Broadcasting Group. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
19. "Why do we block certain websites?", Broadband and Internet: Internet Security, Virgin Media. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
20. "The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK ISPs, court rules". BBC News Online. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
21. Edward Smith (23 July 2013). "UK court to block file-sharing sites EZTV and YIFY". International Business Times. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
22. "Premier League wins piracy block of First Row Sports", David Lee, BBC News, 17 July 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
23. Football Association Premier League Limited v. British Sky Broadcasting Limited, et al.", England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division) Decisions, British and Irish Legal Information Institute, Neutral citation number: [2013] EWHC 2058 (Ch), Case No: HC13F02471, 16 July 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
24. Ernesto (14 December 2014). "Former ‘Pirate’ site dropped from UK blocklist". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
25. "ISPs told to block 21 pirate sites", BBC News, 29 October 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
26. "21 new torrent sites added to UK banned list", Jo Best, ZDNet, 30 October 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
27. "Brit ISPs ordered to add more movie-streaming websites to block list", Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 14 November 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
28. Little, Trevor. "Landmark judgment handed down in dispute between Richemont and ISPs". Retrieved 17 October 2014.
29. Ernesto (27 November 2014). "UK Piracy Blocklist expands with Demonoid, Isohunt, IPTorrents and more". Retrieved 27 November 2014.
30. Ernesto (24 March 2015). "UK blocking more than 100 Pirate sites after new court order". Retrieved 24 March 2015.
31. Andy (27 May 2015). "High court orders UK ISPs to block eBook Sites". Retrieved 27 May 2015.
32. Ernesto (2015-03-10). "UK ISPs quietly block sites that list Pirate Bay proxies". TorrentFreak. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
33. "UK ISPs block Pirate Bay proxy sites". BBC News. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
34. "Pirate Bay proxy". Retrieved 2015-03-11.