Posted on 09/05/2022 7:23:20 PM PDT by KnightAstronomer1
New York (CNN)Cloudflare, a major American internet services company, pulled its support for Kiwi Farms, a controversial online message board, Saturday evening citing "imminent threats to human life." The move temporarily forced Kiwi Farms offline. Cloudflare's decision came as Kiwi Farms was linked to a campaign of harassment and violent threats targeting Clara Sorrenti, a Canadian trans woman who is a streamer on Twitch, a platform popular among video gamers. Sorrenti, better known by her online name "Keffals," launched a campaign calling on Cloudflare to stop providing services to the site. Fearing for her safety after her personal details were posted online, Sorrenti said she left her home in Canada in recent weeks and traveled to Belfast, Northern Ireland, to stay with a friend. However, she says, the online harassers were able to track her down there. Police in Northern Ireland are investigating threats made against her there, The Sunday Times reported. Cloudflare's decision comes amid an ongoing debate about what major internet companies and platforms should do about online hate and harassment campaigns that are organized with the support of their services. Matthew Prince, the CEO of Cloudflare, has long expressed discomfort about his company's potential role of deciding what can and cannot be online.
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I believe DDOS stuff is a pretty major felony now. I just don’t see them going after twitter trannies though.
Much obliged. Glad I left this tab open.
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