The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that the Quebec government is facing its first serious challenge to legislation that would force Internet providers to block access to some gambling websites. The Globe's Christine Dobby writes that the law has been derided as a threat to Internet freedom, a form of censorship and outside the province's jurisdiction. The province first proposed the legislation in early 2015, stating it would help divert revenues from "unauthorized" gambling sites to Espacejeux, a website run by Loto-Quebec. The government agency itself will create the list of unauthorized sites. It has defended the law as being within the provincial powers to regulate gambling. The National Assembly passed the new provisions in May as part of Bill 74, budget implementation legislation. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre filed an application on Friday with the CRTC, asking the federal regulator to declare the law unconstitutional. Internet and wireless providers will already begin to incur costs as they evaluate how to comply with the new rules and block certain sites in Quebec but not outside the province, which some have said will be technically difficult if not impossible.