Cloudflare Says Winter Olympics Cybersecurity Is at Risk in Spat With Italian Regulators

The CEO of the networking company Cloudflare is lashing out at Italy in response to regulatory antipiracy fines, and Cloudflare is threatening to pull out of the country and its 2026 Winter Olympics.

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Italy announced on Jan. 8 that it had issued a fine of 14.2 million euros (approximately $16.5 million) against Cloudflare for failing to block access to pirated content. Soon after that, Cloudflare's CEO Matthew Prince took to X to call out the fines, describing Cloudflare's decision not to comply as a fight over censorship. Prince said that complying with Italy's demands under its Piracy Shield policies would affect content globally ...