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# Cloudflare Says ‘Non C’è Modo’ (No Way) In Defiance of Italy Piracy Shield Law

**[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Cloudflare has been fined €14.2 million by Italy's communications regulator AGCOM for refusing to block pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver under the country's Piracy Shield law. The company argues that implementing the required filtering would increase latency across its 200 billion daily DNS requests and potentially impact legitimate websites. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is escalating the dispute to U.S. government officials and the International Olympic Committee, threatening to withdraw servers from Italy and potentially affecting cybersecurity protection for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

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