This is a list of countries where at least one Internet service provider (ISP) formerly or currently censors the popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB).

Argentina On 30 June 2014, the Argentine CNC (National Communications Commission) ordered the blocking of all The Pirate Bay domains. The order originated as a product of a trial between the site and the CAPIF (Argentinian Chamber of Phonograms Productors). With this order, the CNC made ISPs block the IP in which The Pirate Bay operates, and 12 different The Pirate Bay domains.

Australia

In September 2014, the Australian government indicated that it was undergoing discussions regarding whether ISPs should be forced to block popular torrent sites, including The Pirate Bay.

On 15 December 2016, the Federal Court of Australia came to the decision to proceed with the block, forcing ISPs to block access to The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, and SolarMovie, as well as the already defunct Torrentz and TorrentHound, by 5 January. Justice Nicholas said "I am satisfied that the facilitation of the infringement of copyright is flagrant, and that the operator of the TPB sites has shown a blatant and wilful disregard for the rights of copyright owners." Despite some success with ISPs blocking access, sites such as The Pirate Bay are still easily accessed by VPNs or changing DNS.

Austria In August 2015, the Commercial Court of Vienna ordered local internet provider A1 Telekom Austria to block subscriber access to The Pirate Bay, alongside 1337x, isoHunt, and h33t.to.

On 30 May 2016, this decision was overruled by the Vienna Higher Regional Court, allowing local ISPs to unblock the aforementioned sites.

Following a November 2017 ruling by the Austrian Supreme Court, local ISPs are once again required to block access to these websites.

Belgium

After the founders of The Pirate Bay lost their 2009 trial, the Belgian Anti-Piracy Foundation (BAF) began arguing for two ISPsBelgacom and Telenetto block subscriber access to the site. After year-long negotiations broke down, the result was legal action. In July 2010, the Antwerpse Handelsrechtbank (Antwerp Commercial Court) ruled that neither ISP would have to block The Pirate Bay and went on to describe the notion of wholesale site blocking as "disproportionate". The ISPs said that it was not their position to decide which sites can and can not be accessed by their users. BAF accused them of providing a safe-haven to The Pirate Bay and filed an appeal.

In October 2011, the Antwerp Court of Appeal overruled the decision of the Commercial Court and ordered Belgacom and Telenet to initiate DNS blockades of 11 domains connected to The Pirate Bay within 14 days or face fines. A Pirate Bay spokesperson said that this measure would only have the opposite effect, as there are many ways to circumvent it, commenting: "This will just give us more traffic, as always. Thanks for the free advertising." The court order listed domain names to block, which all included "www." The equivalent URLs without "www." were also blocked by ISPs who wished to comply with the "spirit of the law", although the court order did not specify this. NURPA, a nonprofit Belgian advocacy group which promotes and protects digital rights, freedom of expression, privacy and civil liberties, condemned the decision, saying: "The decision of the Antwerp Court of Appeal in the case against Belgacom BAF / Telenet sets a dangerous precedent for blocking of content by ISPs in Belgium. It is incompatible with the doctrine of proportionality advocated by the European Court of Human Rights."

On 5 October 2011, The Pirate Bay registered the domain name depiraatbaai.be and baiedespirates.be, allowing Belgian users to access the site again, without using alternative DNS providers.dns.be search for depiraatbaai.be

On 18 April 2012, TorrentFreak reported that these two alternate domain names were also blocked, presumably added to the already existing court order.

Brazil In the week following 8 July 2021, the Ministry of Justice and Public Security launched Operation 404 against Internet piracy.

On 13 July, Claro, Oi, and TIM, the three main ISPs in the country, performed a DNS block of several torrent websites, including The Pirate Bay, in nine Brazilian states.

Bulgaria In February 2020, the Bulgarian Association of Music Producers, with support from IFPI, launched legal action for local ISPs to block The Pirate Bay along with local torrent website Zamunda. On 31 May 2023, three ISPs were ordered to block the two sites within 6 months.

China The site was blocked for a short time in November 2008 in the People's Republic of China with other BitTorrent sites,. TorrentFreak. Retrieved 5 August 2010. apparently unblocked and blocked again – as of January 2017, it remains inaccessible from mainland China.

Denmark On 5 February 2008, the district court of Frederiksberg, Copenhagen ruled that one of Denmark's largest ISPs, DMT2-Tele2, was assisting its customers in copyright infringement by allowing the use of The Pirate Bay, and that they were to block access to the site.Decision of 5 February 2008 from Bailiff's Court of Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark. Case FS 14324/2007, Original (PDF) , Unofficial translation by Henrik Spang-Hanssen, Danish Supreme Court attorney-at-law. Although the ISP had decided to challenge the verdict with support from the Danish Telecommunication Industries Association, they complied with it and blocked access to The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay reacted by creating an alternate site with instructions on how to work around the block, while the IFPI welcomed the block and encouraged other ISPs to follow suit. The verdict was affirmed in the Eastern High Court of Denmark on 26 November 2008. Following the court's decision, TDC, Denmark's largest ISP and owner of most of the cables, decided to block access to The Pirate Bay as a preventive measure. Other Danish ISPs have commented that they would prefer not to intervene in their customers' communication, but have reluctantly put the block in effect in order to avoid fines. Tele2's owner Telenor in turn appealed the high court verdict to the Supreme Court of Denmark, which in April 2009 accepted the case. In May 2010, the Court denied the appeal and ordered Telenor to continue blocking.

Finland On 26 October 2011, the district court of Helsinki ruled that Elisa Oyj, one of the major ISPs in Finland, must cease to provide copyrighted material from The Pirate Bay website by 18 November 2011 with the threat of a €100,000 fine. On 9 January 2012, Elisa enabled DNS- and IP address–based ban to thepiratebay.org. Elisa has filed a complaint on the district court ruling. Even DNA and Telia (formerly Sonera) are blocking access after a ruling from District Court of Helsinki in 2012. Together these 3 operators, Elisa, Telia and DNA have over 80% of the Finnish internet operator market.

France On 4 December 2014, the Paris High Court requested the major ISPs to block The Pirate Bay within the next two weeks.

Germany On 13 May 2010, the Hamburg District Court ordered an injunction against CB3Rob Ltd & Co KG (CyberBunker) and its operator, Sven Olaf Kamphuis, restraining them from connecting The Pirate Bay site to the Internet. The injunction application was brought by the Motion Picture Association's member companies.

Greece In Greece, from 15 February 2010 until late March 2010, the ISPs Tellas/WIND Hellas blocked the site, ADSL Greece Forum. 16 February 2010. as a side effect of blocking applied in Italy, since apparently traffic is routed via the sister network Wind Italy servers. As of 9 November 2018, all Greek providers are ordered by law to block access to The Pirate Bay for a minimum of three years.

Iceland In October 2013, several copyright organizations, including STEF and SMAIS, requested an injunction for ISPs to block The Pirate Bay and local BitTorrent tracker Deildu.net. However, the original blocking request was rejected and since it took 12 days to refer to the District Court of Reykjavik, more than the maximum seven days, as a result, the injunction was dismissed in March 2014 and only STEF could claim injunctive relief.

On 14 October 2014, the Reykjavik District Court ordered an injunction against ISPs Vodafone and Hringdu to block Deildu.net and The Pirate Bay.

India

The Pirate Bay, and some other file-sharing and video streaming sites, were blocked in India, from 4 May 2012, under orders of the Department of Telecom (DoT) without any stated reasons or prior warnings. The block was due to a Madras High Court issued John Doe order taken by Chennai-based Copyright Lab. The block was enforced by a number of ISPs, including Airtel, Reliance Communications, Tikona Digital Networks, Aircel, MTNL, BSNL and Vodafone. Some ISPs, such as You Broadband, Nextra Broadband and Hathway, however, did not enforce the block. As of 19 May 2012, the site was still blocked with the error message "This website/URL has been blocked until further notice either pursuant to Court orders or on the Directions issued by the Department of Telecommunications". In May 2012, the server of Reliance Communications was hacked by an anonymous group as a protest and to show the weakness of the security used to implement the block.

On 22 June 2012, the Madras High Court overturned the block, and clarified that only specific web addresses (or URLs) carrying the illegal copies should be blocked and not the entire website. The decision restored access in India to video and file-sharing sites, including The Pirate Bay.

In July 2014, the site was blocked again due to infringement caused in the policies regarding FIFA broadcasting activities in countries, with a "This site has been blocked as per the instructions of Competent Authority" message being displayed to visitors. A number of ISPs including the state-owned BSNL, Airtel and Vodafone India continue to block the website though they have ceased to display any custom message when a user heads to the Pirate Bay website. However, the website continues to be accessible on most other ISPs.

Indonesia The Pirate Bay has been blocked by numerous internet ISPs in Indonesia. ISPs blocking it including the semi-private telecommunication Company of Indonesia (Telkom Indonesia) via its wholly owned ISP TelkomSpeedy and possibly some other ISPs. Internet users in Indonesia accessing this website (without proxy clients) will be redirected instead to another website named Internet Positif which is maintained by Kemkominfo (Ministry of Telecommunication and information of Indonesia). The website itself states that The Pirate Bay is blocked due to it having malicious contents such as pornography materials along with others and also violating Indonesian Copyright law, Act No. 28 of 2014.

Ireland In January 2009, Irish ISP Eircom, Ireland's largest internet provider, was taken to court by the four large music labels EMI, Sony, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group in order to have the ISP monitor its customers and spot illegal file sharing. After eight court days, the parties reached a settlement to introduce a graduated response policy to disconnect customers involved in copyright infringing activity. The Irish Recorded Music Association continues to negotiate with other ISPs for a similar agreement. On 21 February 2009, Eircom, however, declared that access to The Pirate Bay would soon be blocked altogether, but retracted that on 24 February 2009, stating that they would not block without a court order. Eircom reversed themselves again on 20 August 2009, announcing that they would block the website starting in September. As of 1 September 2009 Eircom blocked access to The Pirate Bay, though it is still accessible via proxy servers, and still accessible in Ireland to subscribers of other ISP companies.