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> In the United states players like Cloudflare have demonstrated twice the can and will de-platform entire communities for controversial speech. What are the t
by StavrosK 7y ago
> In the United states players like Cloudflare have demonstrated twice the can and will de-platform entire communities for controversial speech.
What are the two instances?
- jml7c5 7y agoThe Daily Stormer and 8chan, AFAIK.
- olefoo 7y agoSome Nazis were briefly inconvenienced. And a lot of people gave Cloudflare a lot of grief for not de-platforming them sooner. But, hey. This person sees that as a fatal flaw. https://www.wired.com/story/free-speech-issue-cloudflare/ https://www.wired.com/story/free-speech-issue-cloudflare/
- celticmusic 7y agothey're legitimate problems if you value transparency and free speech. But I get it. We've seen this before. First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...