The French Court has order that ISPs must now block unlicensed online casinos or face a daily fine of €10,000 per day. This ruling could result in the ISPs being forced to block any site that doesn’t conform to French law. Unfortunately, this ruling amounts to Internet censorship.

Many offshore gambling operators have refused to meet the requirements set forth by the French government to obtain a gaming license. The heavy taxation rates for online gambling in France is one of the main reasons why many prominent operators have already abandoned the market.

It remains to be seen if gambling advertisers will be targeted next. The French government is attempting to protect operators within France that are paying a hefty tax in order to accept French players, but they are protecting them at the cost of Internet freedom for their citizens.

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Anger seems to be brewing in Israel over the government’s attempt to censor the Internet by blocking access to certain online gambling sites. The growing concern among the local population is that the police raids, and ISP filters will soon be implemented in other sectors. It does seem like the offshore and underground gambling operators have been one step ahead of the Israeli government, and citizens continue to find ways to gamble online at their favorite online casinos.

Their is a growing fear that this will become a trend within Israel. If the government can effectively censor one activity, then they may find it to their advantage to censor other activities as well. Rumor is that this issue could be drawn into a political battle that may even escalate as far as the Israeli parliament if the government continues their aggressive crackdown on gambling.

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