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Cloudflare's latest transparency report (H1 2025) highlights its evolving approach to combating streaming abuse and copyright infringement.
•DMCA reports for hosted services surged from ~11,000 in H2 2024 to ~125,000 in H1 2025 due to closer collaboration with rightsholders via a dedicated reporting API.
•Cloudflare acted on 54,000 streaming reports (vs. 1,000 in H2 2024) and terminated hosting for 21,000 additional accounts showing abusive behavior.
•AI and ML tools were deployed to detect phishing campaigns and unauthorized streaming patterns at scale, while bad actors increasingly use AI to evade detection.
•Rightsholder data is also used to improve technical tools that block unauthorized streaming on non-hosted (CDN/security) services before infringement is even identified.
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Cloudflare criticized legally-mandated IP blocking (e.g., LaLiga's actions in Spain) as causing severe overblocking and collateral damage to unrelated websites.
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