Cloudflare's abuse policies and approach

Re:Cloudflare's abuse policies and approach by phillipcarter on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:20AM (#32663271)

> I support ButtFlare here - they should act as a utility, not as an arbiter of content.

So then advocate for them to actually be a utility. Right now they get to benefit from being treated like one, but not being held to the same legal standard of an actual utility.

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Re:Cloudflare's abuse policies and approach by thematrixturtle on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:46AM (#32663767)

Left your cloud2butt extension on by any chance?

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Re:Cloudflare's abuse policies and approach by phillipcarter on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:55AM (#32663945)

Always.

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Re:Cloudflare's abuse policies and approach by Dracophoenix on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @01:03PM (#32665136)

Being a utility doesn't make them any less of a de facto arbiter or any better of a company. Utilities can suck too. And, worse, they do it with the political backing of the state.

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Re:Cloudflare's abuse policies and approach by phillipcarter on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @01:43PM (#32665736)

Indeed, it doesn't! But having much stricter legal obligations means there are more tools to hold their feet to the fire.

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Re:Cloudflare's abuse policies and approach by abigail95 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @03:24PM (#32667083)

hold their feet to the fire to do what?

provide more network protection to objectionable websites?

i'm not getting the idea, reading this thread, that is what people here want.

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