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“Terminating Service for 8Chan,” by Matthew Prince, The Cloudflare Blog (2019).

John Bowers

In this blog post, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince explains his decision to revoke the security protections of 8Chan, an anonymous online message forum set up as a “free speech alternative” to 4Chan. In the era of public health, executives like Prince hold effective control over what can and can’t be said online. Based on what principles does Cloudflare make these decisions? Do you agree with their decision? 
 

“Terminating Service for 8Chan,” by Matthew Prince, The Cloudflare Blog (2019).

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