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France orders country's internet service providers to block Polymarket
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Francisco Rodrigues
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French regulators have ordered internet service providers to block access to the prediction market platform Polymarket, citing unauthorized gambling activities. Despite previous attempts to restrict the site, high user traffic and the use of VPNs have prompted more aggressive enforcement measures.
The ANJ said earlier restrictions had failed to keep French users off the platform. Polymarket drew 578,751 visits from 205,057 unique visitors in France in June, according to Similarweb data cited by the regulator, despite a ban on financial transactions in place since November 2024. A VPN was enough to bypass it.
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