A Letter from the GM: Urgent Call for EU Legislative Protection of Core Internet Security Infrastructure

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The EU, in it's never ending quest to baby their citizens from cradle to grave, is going to wind up hurting their country more than helping it.


27 November 2025

Dear European Unions Legislative Authorities, the European Parliament, and the Council of the European Union,

As General Manager of Quad9, I am writing to express serious concern regarding emerging proposals that would require DNS resolvers to intervene in content enforcement actions. Such measures risk compromising a critical security layer that protects European citizens and businesses from online crime.

Quad9 is a nonprofit public-benefit foundation providing recursive DNS resolution with embedded security protections to more than a hundred million users globally. It operates exclusively at the recursive DNS layer and does not host, modify, or distribute content. Our role is to prevent communication with known malicious hosts based on threat intelligence sourced from multiple independent providers. This protective function is recognised under the principle of technical neutrality in EU telecommunications regulation and is consistent with the objectives of NIS2, which places strong emphasis on resilience and security of essential digital infrastructure.............

 
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