ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awful It Is

Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by fnordpiglet on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @10:52PM (#37317093)

Cloudflare isn’t the government and has no specific requirement to enable the use of their platform to further a political agenda. Being a racist nazi advocating for violence isn’t a protected class, and private companies are not required to host content or otherwise provide a platform for any particular speech that’s not otherwise protected by law.

They can host their content on other platforms, or self host.

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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by pyuser583 on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @11:57PM (#37317491)

Cloudflare has issued statements in the past that they desire to provide their service to everyone, but have been put under immense external pressure not to.

Sometimes they cave, sometimes they don’t. But they’ve begged the public, and presumably the customers/investors pressuring them, to treat them as dumb pipes, not editors.

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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by fnordpiglet on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @01:14AM (#37317956)

Perhaps, but my point is that the constitutional right doesn’t extend beyond the government. Just like HN can moderate without fear, so can cloudflare. They choose to take a more hands off approach - good for them. But it’s a choice, and there are apparently limits to their forbearance.

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