[VWWHFSfQ]

> given the leeway the government gave that predatory website.

They are only blocking it because the French gambling mafia/authority is not getting their cut. They do not care in any way at all about a "predatory" gambling website.

They just want their share.

[lokar]

They want them to follow legally enacted laws in an open democracy.

[sam_lowry_]

It's all about nuance. The gambling mafia comment is pure gold.

[irishcoffee]

If you’re aware of the organization called “FIFA” you can’t believe this is true.

I responded to the wrong comment, I ment to respond to the GP.

[Fnoord]

Fifa is Swiss, not French.

[irishcoffee]

I didn’t say anything about the French.

[Fnoord]

The context was France: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48998632

Since Fifa is Swiss, it has nothing to do with this court ruling. So indeed, why bring it up?

[spiderfarmer]

So why bring it up.

[irishcoffee]

FIFA is the most corrupt organization in sports.

[LunaSea]

So why are all 50 US states not allowing sports betting?

[petcat]

I don't care about sports betting. I care about government blocking websites just because it exists on the internet. It was already illegal for Polymarket to accept bets from French people.

FanDuel cannot operate in France but their website isn't blocked. So how do we explain this?

France, EU, Italy, Spain, La Liga are just consistently making fools out of themselves trying to block everything on the internet when they don't like it.

Maybe it's just because regulatory censorship is inconsistent and doesn't make any sense. It's like the China firewall but even dumber and less effective.

[inigyou]

So if something is illegal you don't think it's moral to enforce that people don't do it because just being illegal should be enough?

Note there's no liability on the ISPs, they do not have to pay a fine for not having blocked it, they do not have to ban alternative DNS. In Europe there is apparently a legal mindset that you can recruit a third party to conduct an action that is not onerous to enforce a blockade. A court can point to someone who has a DNS server and order them to block certain lookups.

[spiderfarmer]

Your entire argument is based on the fact that France cannot fight all websites at once? Will you change your opinion if Fanduel and others are blocked in 6 months as well?

[Bayart]

The decision was made in the context of foreign interference with elections.