List of websites blocked in the United Kingdom


Blocked by mobile operators and ISP network filters

Site name Domain or URL Type of site Reason Blocked byStart dateResolution date
WikipediaVirgin Killer record album article on en.wikipedia.orgOnline encyclopediaPotentially indecent image of underage childInternet Watch Foundation05.12.200809.12.2008
Wayback Machinearchive.orgWeb archiveSite incompatibility with CleanfeedInternet Watch Foundation14.01.200916.01.2009
FileServefileserve.comFile hostingMistakeInternet Watch Foundation16.11.201118.11.2011
NewzBin2newzbin.com later newzbin.esUsenet file searchCopyrightMotion Picture Association court order01.11.201130.11.2012
WordPress.comSeveral servers of wordpress.comBlog hostingMistakeISP17.07.201329.07.2013
TorrentFreaktorrentfreak.comNews siteTechnical implementationPremier League court order — Sky Broadband07.08.201309.08.2013
Radio Times and hundreds moreradiotimes.com plus many moreDNS provider and its customersTechnical implementationPremier League court order13.08.201314.08.2013
ImgurSpecific address range used by imgur.comImage hostingTechnical issue with content lock systemEE01.10.201322.11.2013
WordPress.comSeveral servers of wordpress.comBlog hostingMistakeISP26.11.201305.12.2013
Imgurimgur.comImage hostingTechnical implementationSky Broadband14.12.201316.12.2013
WordPress.comSeveral servers of wordpress.comBlog hostingMistakeISP12.03.201416.03.2014
Imgurimgur.comImage hostingTechnical faultVirgin Media20.05.201620.05.2016
Imgurimgur.comImage hostingTechnical faultVirgin Media15.07.201915.07.2019

Court ordered implementations targeting copyright and trademark infringement

Sites are blocked using various methods across the "Big 5" UK ISPs, in accordance with Section 97A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, making it difficult to ascertain the extent to which a site is 'blocked' or not. In December 2014, the affected ISPs decided to publish more information about the blocking orders they received.
If a user visits a blocked site within the United Kingdom, the user will be forwarded to which includes the list of blocked domains and court orders.
ISPs with over 400,000 subscribers subject to blocking orders:
Site name Domain or URL Type of site Reason Was blocked byImplementation date
The Pirate Bay
File sharingCopyrightBPI court order01.05.2012


File sharingCopyrightBPI court order01.03.2013
Movie2kmovie2k.toFile sharingCopyrightBBFC court order01.05.2013
Download For Alldl4all.comFile sharingCopyrightMPAA court order01.05.2013
EZTVeztv.itFile sharingCopyrightMPAA court order01.07.2013
First Row Sportsfirstrow1.euStreamingCopyrightPremier League court order01.07.2013


File sharingCopyrightBPI court order01.10.2013



CopyrightMPAA court order01.11.2013


StreamingCopyrightMPAA court order14.11.2013


StreamingCopyrightMPAA court order01.03.2014
Various
Luxury goodsCounterfeit goods
01.10.2014


File sharingCopyrightBPI court order01.10.2014


File sharingCopyrightMPAA court order01.11.2014

File sharingCopyrightBPI court order01.03.2015

Ebook file sharingCopyrightThe Publishers Association court order01.05.2015

Members of the MPAA 01.05.2016

StreamingCopyrightMembers of the MPA 01.10.2016
Various target serversThe Football Association Premier League Limited 01.03.2017
Various target serversThe Football Association Premier League Limited 01.07.2017

Streaming and File SharingCopyright
  1. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
  2. Universal City Studios Productions LLP
  3. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
  4. Paramount Pictures Corporation
  5. Disney Enterprises, Inc.
  6. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
01.11.2017

Indirect blocking

In furtherance of the above-mentioned goal of restricting access to The Pirate Bay and similar sites, the BPI believes that "ISPs are required to block the illegal sites themselves, and proxies and proxy aggregators whose sole or predominant purpose is to give access to the illegal sites." As such, sites linking to sites which acted as proxies to The Pirate Bay were themselves added to the list of banned sites, including piratebayproxy.co.uk, piratebayproxylist.com and ukbay.org. This led to the indirect blocking of sites at the following domains, among others: