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Re:Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team by clickety_clack on Monday August 18, 2025 @02:27PM (#44943753)
Man, I thought cloudflare stood in front of individual sites. When did they start becoming a filter on an individual’s web connections?
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Re:Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team by foobarchu on Monday August 18, 2025 @03:00PM (#44944060)
CF is in a position such that if they aren't cooperating with national laws, then they are actively hindering them. National governments don't like that, and will have ISPs block CF wholesale if that's what accomplishes their goals.
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Re:Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team by stavros on Monday August 18, 2025 @03:38PM (#44944436)
Eh, they can't block half the Internet.
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Re:Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team by scarlehoff on Monday August 18, 2025 @05:07PM (#44945342)
Apparently in Spain they can: https://www.reddit.com/r/CloudFlare/comments/1j7yx5y/i_cant_...
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Re:Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team by celsoazevedo on Monday August 18, 2025 @03:02PM (#44944076)
To operate in Belgium, they have to follow local laws and comply with legal orders. They either make the site unavailable to local IPs or leave that market.
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