all philosophy aside, these decisions were not made based on a moral conscience of any sort. Just because corporations are in some sense treated like people in

all philosophy aside, these decisions were not made based on a moral conscience of any sort. Just because corporations are in some sense treated like people in the United States doesnt mean they act in any way like them. Epik and Cloudflare are donning the cloak of moral turpitude to protect their shareholders. Cloudflare and Epik are keenly aware that if they do not take some tangible action immediately, they expose the company to enormous risk. They understand that Americans will not be able to get satisfaction from their government or law enforcement. People will file lawsuits that will be well funded, and increasingly difficult to defend. Even if there is no lawsuit, there could still be a mass exodus from these providers. GoDaddy enjoyed the same such exodus after years of bad PR and Cloudflare is no different. Host the site that planned a mass shooting, and companies will flee from your service to protect their brand. This is really no different than Subway dropping Jared, or Disney dropping PewDiePie.