Italy: Authority for Communications investigation into Cloudflare over alleged failure to comply with Resolution No. 49/25/CONS on technical and operational requirements of Piracy Shield (No. 333/25/CONS)

Progress

Current status
in force
29 Dec 2025 in force

Scope

Implementers
Italy
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

29 Dec 2025
in force

Authority for Communications fined Cloudflare EUR 14.25 million for failing to comply with a blocking order issued under Piracy Shield

On 29 December 2025, the Authority for Communications fined Cloudflare EUR 14.25 million for failing to comply with an order to disable Domain Name System and network traffic routing to domain names and Internet Protocol addresses used for the illeg…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body