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Cloudflare slipped too far into censorship to support them any further. I used to promote their service to customers but no longer. The last thing I want to pow
by underseacables 5y ago
Cloudflare slipped too far into censorship to support them any further. I used to promote their service to customers but no longer. The last thing I want to power the Internet is a persobality driven agenda for censorship.
- brightball 5y agoWhen did Cloudflare slip into censorship?
- hackcasual 5y agoMaybe they mean this? https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-we-terminated-daily-stormer/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-we-terminated-daily-stormer/
- tick_tock_tick 5y agoThey probably mean 8chan rather than this.
- hackcasual 5y agoAh yes, the platform for mass shooters
- tick_tock_tick 5y agoI think you're thinking of Facebook. They are the ones that host livestreams of mass shootings.
- eloff 5y agoYou mean when they terminated service to the daily stormer or 8chan? I don't like censorship, but I have a hard time criticizing those actions.
- at_a_remove 5y agoAh, but they did it while still supporting ISIS sites. With the loving slow-motion execution of infidels. On one hand, cartoon frogs. On the other hand, real human beings with det-cord wrapped around their necks waiting for actual death, their heads popping off like soda bottle tops. It's all about the priorities.
- nindalf 5y ago> On one hand, cartoon frogs Is this an honest, good faith explanation of everything that was discussed on the Daily Stormer and 8chan?
- at_a_remove 5y agoIt's at least as honest as leaving out the ISIS stuff. Which, you know, sins of omission and all.
- ceph_ 5y ago8chan had all that gore and isis executions you object to. What's your disengenuous complaint again?
- at_a_remove 5y ago8chan was not carrying out and filming executions. ISIS was, probably still is, if you want to talk about disingenuous. You probably knew that. I submit that there's a slight difference.
- ljhsiung 5y agoOut of curiosity, what is your opinion on companies that created the infrastructure to support Nazi Germany/build camps? IBM, VW, Deutsche Bank, etc.
- yuy910616 5y agoFord. Let's not forget Ford himself got an medal from Nazi Germany
- yesbabyyes 5y agoThis is getting way off-topic and not to pile on but you know who designed those handsome SS uniforms? Hugo Boss.
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoI would say despite feeling a bit of sadness that deplatforming is the thing that it is today, that it's hard to really blame any company for it these days. We are in a hyper-political environment, where your company is going to be judged by one group or another for any action or inaction. So if you're protecting far right nuts, your left side is going to drop you. In a very real sense, protecting 8chan or Daily Stormer is a company deciding to solely make itself palatable to supporters of those sites, at the expense of basically... all your other customers. No company that wants to be successful is going to stand in defense of a customer or two that's known as a source of terrorism and violence.
- mellosouls 5y agoI'm very much against the big tech (Twitter, Facebook, Google et al) suppression of/bias against pro-Trump and other conservative voices, but Cloudflare seems pretty good on that front comparatively - 8Chan and StormFront were booted (good!) but Gab and Parler etc were allowed despite heavy pressure from the usual suspects, which seems like quite a brave move in these self-righteous McCarthyite times. Who are you thinking of when you talk about censorship?
- ksec 5y agoCloudflare is the only Internet companies that actually talks about Rule of Law in way Freedom of Speech and politics should be played, rather than some arbitrary company TOS. Given that Prince studied law in Harvard he is way more knowledgeable and aware than average CEO.