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Received an email by the #NANOG mailing list in which they raise a pretty concerning thing: Apparently, #Spain started to intercept or nullroute certain IP addresses of #CDN providers. The intent is to fight #piracy during #football matches.

Do the people who pass the list of IP addresses even understand the significance of blocking a bunch of #CDN networks of various providers? Seriously?! It #censors access to tens of thousands of legitimate #websites which is blatantly accepted as a #collateral to help out some shady sports association in their #copyright?

How much shadier can a decision be? Since this is a thing, maybe they can think about taking down entire regions in Spain the next football match?

The amount of collateral damage in the name of copyright is ridiculous. The #EuropeanUnion really has to step-up their game in addressing those concerning developments. I read about multiple such blatant decisions so far. Eyeing at you, #Quad9 and #Sony...

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The Hilarious Reason Why Elon Musk Is Panicking Over Tesla Stock Value...
newrepublic.com/post/192687/el

"In a 2024 #SEC filing, #Musk was listed as holding... shares of #Tesla stock that were “pledged as collateral to secure certain personal indebtedness.”...

It’s unclear exactly how much of Musk’s shares are held in #collateral now...

If the #stock price goes low enough, the banks Musk borrowed from could force him to sell his shares"