Standing up for the open Internet: why we appealed Italy’s "Piracy Shield" fine

Cloudflare explains its legal challenge against Italy's "Piracy Shield" copyright blocking system and the €14 million fine it is appealing.

• •Piracy Shield lets private Italian media companies block websites within 30 minutes with no judicial oversight, transparency, or due process
• •The system caused significant overblocking, including blocking Google Drive for 12+ hours and Ukrainian government school sites
• •Cloudflare challenged AGCOM in Italian courts and filed a DSA-violation complaint with the European Commission
• •AGCOM calculated the fine on global rather than Italian revenue, making it ~100x the legal cap of ~€140,000

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