French regulators order block of Polymarket's website
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1 hour ago
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petcat
1 hour ago
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> The French gambling regulator said the site's continued availability constituted advertising. A ban on financial transactions to the site was already in place.

It's crazy that French "regulators" can just order ISPs to block a website without any judicial review just because the mere existence of it on the internet constitutes "advertising" to French people.

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akashskypatel
59 minutes ago
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GOOD. This whole gamble on anything trend is super dangerous.
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