{"rewrite":{"id":"r_deb28d842f3e61d2a98cb195","clusterId":"c_cb234cff4980b2b00bcb819e","slug":"quad9-to-end-france-service-after-court-orders-piracy-site-blocking","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Quad9 To End France Service After Court Orders Piracy Site Blocking","summary":"Quad9, the free DNS service run by a Swiss nonprofit, will stop serving France on November 24, 2026, after a French court accepted broadcaster beIN's demand to block domains it says infringe copyright. The October 21, 2026 order carries a fine for noncompliance. Quad9 says it cannot reliably tell where users are, and blocking only listed domains would mean accepting content regulation at the DNS layer. It faces about 20 similar suits in France and is appealing.","whyItMatters":"The case tests whether a free DNS resolver can be told to filter content by one country's court without taking on the role of content regulator everywhere, and Quad9 is choosing to leave rather than set that precedent.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eQuad9 runs without accounts or identity checks, so it says it cannot accurately determine which country a user is in. IP-based geolocation is the fallback, but a VPN hides the origin.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat is why the exit plan is to block French users wholesale rather than filter the disputed domains. Quad9\u0026#39;s CTO said on Hacker News that a method halting service to French users entirely would not require changing DNS response content, while blocking only specific sites would mean Quad9 itself accepting content regulation via DNS. In France the service is used by government agencies, educational institutions, and financial networks.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Quad9 pulls out of France rather than filter domains at the DNS layer. The fine in the October 21 order is aimed at one nonprofit, but roughly 20 similar suits are already queued.","twitterPost":"Quad9 leaves France rather than filter domains at the DNS layer. About 20 similar suits are already queued there.","threadsPost":"Quad9 is giving up France over a DNS-level block order, and the number worth watching is 20: the other suits it says it faces there. A single nonprofit's exit is survivable; the template it sets for DNS filtering is what the appeal tests.","newsletterBlurb":"Quad9 will stop serving France on November 24, 2026, after a French court ordered it to block domains rights holder beIN says infringe copyright. The nonprofit says it cannot reliably geolocate users, and filtering only the named domains would mean accepting content regulation at the DNS layer. It is appealing and faces about 20 similar suits in France.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20261023-quad9-farewell-france/\",\"title\":\"Free security service \\\"Quad9\\\" to withdraw from France after refusing order to block piracy sites\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4577,"outputTokens":604,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792754550,"createdAt":"2026-10-23T11:20:02.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T11:21:11.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T11:21:11.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_cb234cff4980b2b00bcb819e","canonicalTitle":"無料のセキュリティサービス「Quad9」がフランスから撤退へ、海賊版サイトのブロック命令を拒否","representativeArticleId":"a_c250dd073a1f1ec1dc6651f5","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-23T10:10:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-23T10:10:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T11:21:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20261023-quad9-farewell-france/","title":"無料のセキュリティサービス「Quad9」がフランスから撤退へ、海賊版サイトのブロック命令を拒否"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}