> But publishers on the web, as opposed to passive users who merely read pages, should be accountable.

This seems severely lacking in nuance, unless one doesn't mind classing the expression of dangerously unpopular opinions as a form of criminality.

Wonder how the author feels about full disk encryption, which is also used by bad guys.

While the author has a point, I use CloudFlare because i believe, to a large extent, it protects me from criminal or nafarious activity.