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Re:Ask HN: Politics Blog Cloudflare Subpoena by EA-3167 on Sunday January 05, 2025 @12:51PM (#42603491)
I see, as for the language I recognize it as a familiar "bawdy and comic" style I've read in other publications in the UK. Cloudflare really seems to have done you dirty here, as you say you didn't name him in the article, which would seem to make a claim of defamation pretty hard to prove.

If you can't get Cloudflare to stand behind you, or a lawyer willing to take your case, a last-ditch attempt might be to reach out to the person who made the claim you published; if they have evidence then you'd be in a much stronger position, since truth is an absolute defense against defamation in the UK.

I wish you luck, I think you're being treated very unfairly here.

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Re:Ask HN: Politics Blog Cloudflare Subpoena by wandaluzt on Sunday January 05, 2025 @12:55PM (#42603521)
Unfortunately the post disappeared from Facebook and the person is uncontactable.

I'm unfortunately not that important as a customer for Cloudflare to care. But it is rather chilling that they won't defend free speech.

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Re:Ask HN: Politics Blog Cloudflare Subpoena by traveler1 on Sunday January 05, 2025 @01:06PM (#42603613)
In the future, consider hosting with the following:

* Flokinet (long standing host standing for freespeech, very seriously presented)

* Njalla (created by PirateBay founder, will actually troll any copyright trolls, but seems reliable)

* Cockbox (a silly but also likely reliable option)

Also it seems that you'd have been fine using Cloudflare without giving them any identifying details - when I signed up way long ago, they didn't ask for anything...

Some notes:

* Flokinet offers DDOS protection.

* Njalla offers Domain Registry.

* cockbox is colocated through Flokinet.

* Probably don't use cockbox...

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Re:Ask HN: Politics Blog Cloudflare Subpoena by wandaluzt on Sunday January 05, 2025 @01:16PM (#42603706)
Thanks. I'm with Njalla for the domain now. I didn't imagine I'd ever need to go to these lengths for a political blog.
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Re:Ask HN: Politics Blog Cloudflare Subpoena by owisd on Sunday January 05, 2025 @02:02PM (#42604078)
No jurisdiction is going to let you claim freedom of speech is a valid defence against libelling a private citizen.
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