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Before posting this,

liked tweets from Kiwi Farms members responding to a thread where I explained how Cloudflare runs a censored DNS service (1.1.1.3) which has become known for going beyond the purported scope and blocking LGBTQ content.

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Alec Muffett

@AlecMuffett

Sep 3

<some portion of infosec & swe twitter> "It's not censorship when *I* want it, because I'm one of the *good* people / because *those* people are objectively trolls." Perhaps they should adopt a convenient hashtag, something like #NotAllCensorship?

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Daniel Micay

@DanielMicay

Sep 3

Since he obviously read my thread(s),

@AlecMuffett

is also clearly aware that Cloudflare censored a completely Mastadon instance Switter and many other sites. It's a disingenuous strawman and he's also just projecting. He's okay with censorship when it matches his own views...

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Alas you're not aware of my pro-SWer work; but I also believe that Cloudflare is on the path to be less censorious — if only civil society can stop trying to make them moreso. The general problem, though, is this:

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Alec Muffett

@AlecMuffett

Sep 3

Just in case we're missing the point, here:

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If internet infrastructure

is forced to "drop the trolls,"

remember that
#PlannedParenthood

will probably suffer
the same fate

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Cloudflare expressed their regret for dropping the Daily Stormer and 8chan. They didn't express any regret for the many sites associated with sex workers they've blocked. They literally run censorship-as-a-service (1.1.1.3) and push for schools / libraries to adopt it...

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It's you who doesn't do your research. I suggest reading twitter.com/DanielMicay/st. Cloudflare using content blocking lists from far right evangelical groups who consider LGBTQ content immoral and therefore 'adult content' is not a mistake by Cloudflare. They still use those lists.

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Daniel Micay

@DanielMicay

Sep 2

I know several people working as software engineers at Cloudflare. According to one of them, this incident (blog.cloudflare.com/the-mistake-th) was hardly a mistake. Cloudflare is including block lists sourced from far right evangelical groups as part of their 'family friendly' DNS service.

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That blog post is about the 1.1.1.3 'family friendly' DNS service and has NOTHING TO DO with Cloudflare banning sex worker sites from using their DDoS protection service. Cloudflare banned sites like Switter from DDoS protection. Cloudflare doesn't ban Kiwi Farms from it.

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So, Daniel, what you are implying is that you want the Americans to revoke #Section230 of the Communications Decency Act so that platforms share liability for what their users say, so therefore then #Cloudflare can block them under Terms of Use?

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Section 230 - Wikipedia

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Once again, you're making a completely disingenuous and dishonest argument. Kiwi Farms doesn't have an issue with moderation. It has plenty of moderation. Kiwi Farms actively organizes doxxing, harassment and libel campaigns against trans and autistic people. You're full of shit.