Rome/UNISputnik: Italy’s Financial Guard blocked 40 Telegram channels and 500 resources, adding servers and sites, as part of an operation to combat piracy and illegal sports broadcasting, the police firm said on Saturday.
“The Special Unit for the Protection of Privacy and Technological Fraud has carried out new research to combat the phenomenon of audiovisual piracy. Seizure of 500 internet resources and 40 Telegram channels,” the Financial Guard said on Twitter.
The operation was carried out before the last day of the Serie A football championship and the convention league final. Experts have registered a large number of novelties and resources that promote virtual television products through illegal broadcasts.
Many Telegram channels, some of which had more than 20,000 subscribers, introduced an advertising crusade by offering subscriptions to any television screen for a “ridiculously reasonable price. “
Internet users were presented with a one-hour trial era and guaranteed anonymity. In addition to blocking pirated streaming sources, the specialists “implemented a comprehensive tracking formula that helped users of illegal streams. “
This audience was redirected to a page with a data message that “warned that the site through which the program was viewed had been blocked and that knowledge of the connection was being tracked. “