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Cloudflare has a history of caving to censorship demands, eg Kiwifarms

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Thank you for the lead. Whether I like the sites they block or not, it's troubling to see vendors try to claim both sides of the section 230 legislation. Either be a content provider _OR_ a platform, not both.

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Awe your poor doxing and harrassment website got shut down?

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Who should decide what you're allowed to read?

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Redefining "who should decide who gets to harass and dox people for fun" as "who should decide what you're allowed to read" is an interesting USA brainworm.

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I vaguely remember there was some sort of system in place to investigate, evaluate and sanction criminal offenses such as harassment. Might have been the Cloudflare Trust and Safety team, I don't quite remember.

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Well, if you knew the answer, why ask.

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Me

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That's actually the point. Censorship means someone else (not you) is deciding what you are allowed to read.

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Sorry, no. Censorship is when the government decides what you are allowed to read. A private company that isn't legally discriminating can choose who to associate with.

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Back in the day you could just send emails pretending to work at company XYZ and they would give you direct IP addresses.

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