How Cloudflare Helps Serve Up Hate on the Web
Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 4:26 pm
Okay, I was outraged at first but the more I read, I really had to step back a bit.
The one thing that Cloudflare did wrong, IMO, is forwarding the complaints along with names and emails to the web site, although it IS clearly stated in their terms on the page when you file a complaint. It's still a sucky policy, especially when they have to know how the hate group running the website respond to complaints (threats, etc).
But as far as hosting a hate site, I don't think any ISP or content delivery service should be Internet moms - UNLESS the web site is doing something illegal. That's Free Speech 101 from civics class in high school. Everyone has a right to say what they want, even if a lot of other people find it offensive.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how- ... on-the-web
The one thing that Cloudflare did wrong, IMO, is forwarding the complaints along with names and emails to the web site, although it IS clearly stated in their terms on the page when you file a complaint. It's still a sucky policy, especially when they have to know how the hate group running the website respond to complaints (threats, etc).
But as far as hosting a hate site, I don't think any ISP or content delivery service should be Internet moms - UNLESS the web site is doing something illegal. That's Free Speech 101 from civics class in high school. Everyone has a right to say what they want, even if a lot of other people find it offensive.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how- ... on-the-web