How Disabling 8chan Became Cloudflare's Job - The Atlantic
amarashar's bookmarks 2019-08-07
Summary:
So two years later, Prince’s tone is also very different. Instead of talking of how arbitrary his decision is, he attempts to provide a limiting principle: Where platforms have been designed to be lawless and unmoderated, and where the platforms have demonstrated their ability to cause real harm, then it may be justified for companies like Cloudflare to try to limit the reach of harmful content online. He is committed to the hard task of defining a policy that Cloudflare can enforce transparently and consistently going forward.
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