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by DoctorOW 393 days ago
That was sort of the PR spin they put on it. If Cloudflare was drawing an ideological line in the sand, they might have discussed where that line is lest others cross it. Instead, the post talks about when they do and don't comply with law enforcement and pleads with government not to try and force them to take other websites down. Posts on Stormfront were under immense legal scrutiny and the praising of Cloudflare brings that eye on them. Reading between the lines it's very obvious that legal made the decision. GP was discussing the larger pattern, and the larger pattern is one of inaction until there's little choice left legally speaking.