diff --git a/server/controllers/api/claim/blockedList/index.js b/server/controllers/api/claim/blockedList/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abc80d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/api/claim/blockedList/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+const logger = require('winston');
+const db = require('../../../../models');
+
+const updateBlockedList = (req, res) => {
+    return fetch('https://api.lbry.io/file/list_blocked')
+    .then(response => {
+      return response.json();
+    })
+    .then(jsonResponse => {
+      if (!jsonResponse.data) {
+        throw new Error('no data in list_blocked response');
+      }
+      if (!jsonResponse.data.outpoints) {
+        throw new Error('no outpoints in list_blocked response');
+      }
+      return jsonResponse.data.outpoints;
+    })
+    .then(outpoints => {
+      logger.info('number of blocked outpoints:', outpoints.length);
+      let updatePromises = [];
+      outpoints.forEach(outpoint => {
+        // logger.debug('outpoint:', outpoint);
+        updatePromises.push(db.Claim
+          .findOne({
+            where: {
+              outpoint,
+            },
+          })
+          .then(Claim => {
+            if (Claim) {
+              const { claimId, name } = Claim;
+              logger.debug(`creating record in Blocked for ${name}#${claimId}`);
+              const blocked = {
+                claimId,
+                name,
+                outpoint,
+              };
+              return db.upsert(db.Blocked, blocked, blocked, 'Blocked')
+            }
+          })
+          .catch(error => {
+            logger.error(error);
+          }));
+      });
+      return Promise.all(updatePromises);
+    })
+    .then(() => {
+      logger.info('finished updating blocked content list');
+      res.status(200).json({success: true, message: 'finished updating blocked content list'});
+    })
+    .catch((error) => {
+      logger.error(error);
+    });
+};
+
+module.exports = updateBlockedList;
diff --git a/server/routes/api/index.js b/server/routes/api/index.js
index a1a46974..4eda3f2a 100644
--- a/server/routes/api/index.js
+++ b/server/routes/api/index.js
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ const channelClaims = require('../../controllers/api/channel/claims');
 const channelData = require('../../controllers/api/channel/data');
 const channelShortId = require('../../controllers/api/channel/shortId');
 const claimAvailability = require('../../controllers/api/claim/availability');
+const claimBlockedList = require('../../controllers/api/claim/blockedList');
 const claimData = require('../../controllers/api/claim/data/');
 const claimGet = require('../../controllers/api/claim/get');
+const claimList = require('../../controllers/api/claim/list');
 const claimLongId = require('../../controllers/api/claim/longId');
 const claimPublish = require('../../controllers/api/claim/publish');
 const claimResolve = require('../../controllers/api/claim/resolve');
 const claimShortId = require('../../controllers/api/claim/shortId');
-const claimList = require('../../controllers/api/claim/list');
 const fileAvailability = require('../../controllers/api/file/availability');
 
 const multipartMiddleware = require('../utils/multipartMiddleware');
@@ -21,14 +22,15 @@ module.exports = (app) => {
   app.get('/api/channel/data/:channelName/:channelClaimId', channelData);
   app.get('/api/channel/claims/:channelName/:channelClaimId/:page', channelClaims);
   // claim routes
-  app.get('/api/claim/list/:name', claimList);
-  app.get('/api/claim/get/:name/:claimId', claimGet);
   app.get('/api/claim/availability/:name', claimAvailability);
-  app.get('/api/claim/resolve/:name/:claimId', claimResolve);
-  app.post('/api/claim/publish', multipartMiddleware, claimPublish);
-  app.get('/api/claim/short-id/:longId/:name', claimShortId);
-  app.post('/api/claim/long-id', claimLongId);
+  app.get('/api/claim/blocked-list/', claimBlockedList);
   app.get('/api/claim/data/:claimName/:claimId', claimData);
+  app.get('/api/claim/get/:name/:claimId', claimGet);
+  app.get('/api/claim/list/:name', claimList);
+  app.post('/api/claim/long-id', claimLongId);
+  app.post('/api/claim/publish', multipartMiddleware, claimPublish);
+  app.get('/api/claim/resolve/:name/:claimId', claimResolve);
+  app.get('/api/claim/short-id/:longId/:name', claimShortId);
   // file routes
   app.get('/api/file/availability/:name/:claimId', fileAvailability);
 };