[nikisweeting]

I used to love Cloudflare but their argument for free speech absolutism went out the window when they started making judgement calls about which sites to block and which to keep. Now I'm just disappointed but not surprised. Will probably move off entirely once Tailscale funnels allow for custom termination CNAMEs.

If this particular instance is them getting DMCA'd then it's not really their fault, but I'm confirmation biasing it with a pattern I see of them making more and more judgement calls about what to host and becoming more like a standard 100% profit-driven megacorp hosting provider.

[convery]

Not to mention that their priorities when it comes to blocking decisions seems odd. DDoS-for-hire (stressers), piracy, ISIS support-forums, revenge-porn etc. are all fine because free speech. But a forum supporting nazis, an imagebord with lax moderators, and a forum archiving illegal/insane activity that people post online are all nuked because.. ... reasons..

[cmeacham98]

"I know that Cloudflare is legally required by the US government to abide by the DMCA, but this supports my theory they are censoring the web more and more on purpose!"

?????

[nikisweeting]

No I'm saying this case explicitly does not support my argument, however there are enough cases of them making judgement calls that this independent pattern has formed and it's easy for me to fall into the trap of confirmation bias. My initial comment wasn't clear but it doesn't let me edit now.