Remember, Cloudflare is a for-profit corporation that is listed on the stock market and are held accountable to local laws. While over the years they've done an

Remember, Cloudflare is a for-profit corporation that is listed on the stock market and are held accountable to local laws. While over the years they've done an excellent job of positioning themselves as fighting the good fight, they're not an activist organization and they are solely accountable to their shareholders. If you sign up for a paid Cloudflare account, you're essentially submitting to what is called KYC (know your customer) in the banking industry by handing over payment information which personally identifies you. This opens you up to this kind of thing. Cloudflare does not provide a level of anonymity. Instead it creates one more way to identify you. As an aside, what is happening in the UK regarding free speech is worth keeping an eye on, no matter where you lean politically and how you feel about the players. It is going to shape the future of the global internet. It's also creating sharp divisions between the incoming conservative US administration and the left leaning UK labor government over there, and it will be interesting to see what the "special relationship" looks like coming out of the next four years.