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Cloudflare Helps Serve Up Hate Online: Report (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the getting-to-the-bottom-of-things dept.

An anonymous reader writes: If you've been wondering how hate has proliferated online, especially since the 2016 election, ProPublica has some answers. According to ProPublica, Cloudflare -- a major San Francisco-based internet company -- enables extremist web sites to stay in business by providing them with internet data delivery services. Cloudflare reportedly also keeps to a policy of turning over contact information of anyone who complains to operators of the offending sites, thus exposing the complainants to personal harassment.

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  2. Re:So they sell to anyone by penandpaper · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Our flavor of anarchists want the government out of our personal lives.

    Uh, no I am not talking about the semantic differences of the role/size of government. Wanting a limited government is not the same as wanting NO government. I am talking about the legitimate dictionary definition of anarchist that doesn't want a government or hierarchy.These are the type of anarchists I am talking about. Notice that they struggle with idea of a leader to organize their riots..

    Antifa uses violence to achieve their political goals. Literally the definition of terrorism. In that thread they muse about combat training to better beat up people they don't like. If you think these are your traditional liberals, no. If you support these methods then you do not support freedom or liberty. It doesn't matter how you dress it up "punch a nazi" or "bash the fash", antifa uses violence to silence people.