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Chiara Castro

La Liga's war on piracy is breaking the internet in Spain — and your VPN could be the next target

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It’s Sunday. You remember an important payment you forgot to send, but when you try to access your online banking, the website is down. You turn to ChatGPT for a workaround, but the chatbot won't respond. Resigned, you try to scroll through Instagram while finishing your coffee, but it won't load.

This has become a typical day in Spain whenever the football is on. It isn't a strange marketing tactic to drive viewership. Instead, it's collateral damage from heavy-handed efforts to stop fans watching matches illegally.

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