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Chiara Castro

Canal+ and beIn Sports force VPNs to block illegal WTA tennis and F1 streams

View on National Assembly building in Paris, France, with French and European flags flying.
  • A French Court has issued new orders against five popular VPN services to block more pirated sites illegally broadcasting live sports events
  • Streaming giants Canal+ and beIN raised the requests on July 18, 2025, against NordVPN, Proton VPN, CyberGhost, Surfshark, and ExpressVPN
  • A landmark ruling in May ordered the same VPNs to block access to over 200 pirate domains

France has continued to tighten its grip on online piracy this summer with another round of court orders for some household names in VPN.

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