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Cloudflare has been accused of actively supporting hate groups, not just being a dumb, neutral pipe for them: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-cloudflare
by forapurpose 9y ago
Cloudflare has been accused of actively supporting hate groups, not just being a dumb, neutral pipe for them:
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-cloudflare-helps-serve-up-hate-on-the-web https://www.propublica.org/article/how-cloudflare-helps-serv...
Excerpt (from May): Cloudflare, a prominent San Francisco outfit, provides services to neo-Nazi sites like The Daily Stormer, including giving them personal information on people who complain about their content.
EDIT: Also: In a post, the site’s [Daily Stormer's] architect, Andrew Auernheimer, said he had personal relationships with people at Cloudflare, and they had assured him the company would work to protect the site in a variety of ways — including by not turning over data to European courts. Cloudflare has data centers in European countries such as Germany, which have strict hate speech and privacy laws.
Company officials offered differing responses when asked about Auernheimer’s post. Kramer, Cloudflare’s general counsel, said he had no knowledge of employee conversations with Auernheimer. Later, in an email, the company said Auernheimer was a well-known hacker, and that as a result at least one senior company official “has chatted with him on occasion and has spoken to him about Cloudflare’s position on not censoring the internet.
- ceejayoz 9y ago"Actively supporting" is an inaccurate characterization of that article. It alleges they were such a dumb, neutral pipe that their processes sent the personal contact information of complainants to the perpetrators. Dumb, sure, but active support? No.
- forapurpose 9y agoPlease see my update to my comment, which I think went up after your comment.
- ceejayoz 9y agoI don't doubt weev knows a person or two at CloudFlare, but it sounds like he's relaying their default position - they don't generally moderate content and fight court orders aimed at their users.