Re:Cloudflare CEO on the Italy Fines
by cubefox on Sunday January 11, 2026 @01:54AM
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Not necessarily. Perhaps small service providers are exempt from blocking sci-hub.se. But Cloudflare is certainly not small.
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Have you ever considered reading the law before attempting to discuss it?
You are clearly unable to cite a portion of the law which proves that Cloudflare counts as a service provider.
§ 1 Absatz 4 Nummer 5 Digitale-Dienste Gesetz:
Im Sinne dieses Gesetzes ist oder sind „Diensteanbieter“ Anbieter digitaler Dienste;
That's just stating a tautology.
No, it's not. It's a very precise way to state that the law has to be applied to a very wide range of service providers. This is a fundamental change compared to the previous regulation TKG. Now take the loss and next time, read the damn manual first.
The quote does not decide whether Cloudflare counts as a "service provider" or not.