Cloudflare seems to have learned from prior mistakes, will not be dropping KiwiFarms
(blog.cloudflare.com)
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They say as much in the post:
They outright admit they made the wrong decision on Stormfront and 8chan.
While making sure to take swipes at them by calling them "troll neo-Nazis" and "conspiracy theorists".
Honestly, that's kind of fine. I don't have a problem if they disagree with people. They're allowed to ultimately have their opinion. The problem was censorship.
They're allowed to believe wrong things so long as they do the right things, like uphold free speech.
I'd prefer businesses/suppliers/contractors not cancel or demean their customers. It's not about believing something wrong, but about publicly shaming people. But yeah I guess that's between them and their customers.
I mean, that's a fair point too. I think it's definitely preferable, but I'm willing to set the bare fucking minimum as simply not engaging in infringements of human rights. Standards should be higher, but a baseline also needs to exist.
not taking them back though
That's assuming 8chan and Stormfront have tried going back, which I doubt they will.
In the wake of this announcement, it will be interesting to see if anyone tests their waters.
Sad thing is they could be being completely honest now but after all they and other tech companies have done it's hard for me to see them as anything other than a glowop trying to make sure they don't lose any more market share. They cannot regain that trust.