In Germany, several ISPs are blocking pirate sites without naming them due to a secret agreement with copyright holders. A 17-year-old released a portal exposing all blocked domains. Germany joined other countries in implementing a pirate site blocking system. CUII is responsible for issuing blocking ‘orders’ without court judgments, but with some oversight. The lack of transparency has led to frustrations, prompting Damian and his friends to launch CUIIListe.de to reveal all blocked URLs. This effort has uncovered 275 domains (104 unique after removing duplicates), prompting concerns of censorship and lack of transparency in the blocking process. The issue of secrecy in domain blocking raises questions about freedom of expression and censorship.
https://torrentfreak.com/17-year-old-student-exposes-germanys-secret-pirate-site-blocklist-240822/