diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index f99d887ca..749ed6ecf 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -2252,6 +2252,7 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     def report_following_redirect(self, new_url):
         """Report information extraction."""
+        raise UnsupportedError('Redirects are not allowed')
         self._downloader.to_screen('[redirect] Following redirect to %s' % new_url)
 
     def _extract_rss(self, url, video_id, doc):