On 15 February 2023, Italian regulator Consob announced that it ordered six abusive financial websites to be blacked out. The total number of black-out orders increase to 839. Consob has been authorized by the so-called “Growth Decree” to order ISPs to inhibit access from Italy to illegal financial websites. The black-out by Italian Internet service providers is ongoing, but it can take several days for the black-out to come into effect. Below are the websites Consob has ordered to be blacked out:
On Monday, 10 October 2022, the Italian regulator Consob ordered the black-out of six illegally operating online trading websites related to five broker scams. The total number of black-out orders increase to 768. Consob has been authorized by the so-called “Growth Decree” to order Internet connectivity service providers to inhibit access from Italy to the websites through which financial services are offered without due authorization. Below are the sites to be blacked out: