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It's really interesting that CloudFlare accepted X (Twitter) as a client knowing the fights Musk gets into.
by diegoholiveira 2y ago
It's really interesting that CloudFlare accepted X (Twitter) as a client knowing the fights Musk gets into.
- KTibow 2y agoThey probably gave a high quote that got paid anyway.
- tibbydudeza 2y agoHopefully in cold hard cash upfront.
- Barracoon 2y agoCloudflare was happy to host Kiwi Farms for a long time. I doubt they care what Musk does.
- jsheard 2y agoHosting Kiwi Farms wasn't likely to get Cloudflares ASN null-routed by the 7th most populous state on Earth though. There's the potential for serious collateral damage to Cloudflares business here if Brazil calls their bluff.
- username332211 2y agoNull-routing Cloudflare is also going to do a fair bit of collateral damage to the people of the 7th most populous state on Earth though. Considering the initial order of the Brazilian judiciary regarding VPN, this is almost certainly what Twitter hopes to achieve here.
- tmottabr 2y agoi doubt it will require null-routing Cloudflare.. they will probably get notified to block twitter in Brazil and will likely comply.
- username332211 2y agoWell, yes it's always possible that Cloudflare will comply with a demand to block Twitter. GP specifically raised the possibility of null-routing and I'm just pointing out it's probably not a good idea.
- Log_out_ 2y agoLike project golden shield damaged the chinese internet and handicapped lical grown buisnesses?
- username332211 2y agoRoskomnadzor's 2018 escapade with Telegram under a rather similar situation - their attempts to block it ended up taking out vast sections of the internet (for Russians) that didn't have anything to do with Telegram. Tying your service to vital internet infrastructure can work. It doesn't even have to be a particularly ironclad solution. In 2018, the powers that be in Russia decided it's cheaper to flood Telegram with their own propaganda, rather than block it.
- matheusmoreira 2y ago> Null-routing Cloudflare is also going to do a fair bit of collateral damage to the people of the 7th most populous state on Earth though. I wish... That sort of massive economic damage is exactly what this country deserves. It's gotten to the point I'm hoping Trump wins and sanctions this place for stealing millions from american companies via arbitrary fines.
- skarz 2y agoMANY piracy websites and even 4chan use Cloudflare. That’s nothing compared to X/Twitter.
- Tohhou 2y ago[flagged]
- Justsignedup 2y agoI cannot tell if you are being sarcastic.
- kingofthehill98 2y agoFree speech is not a law set in stone, in the US you can be a Nazi without any legal repercussions, here in Brazil you cannot. I'd like to keep it that way.
- exabrial 2y agoJust a short history lesson: Nazi's were the ones that burnt the books. You're welcome!
- dancemethis 2y agoYep, which is why Elmo sympathizers hate reading so much and send spam and hate propaganda forward.
- kingofthehill98 2y agoExactly, they were the ones burning books. I'd like to keep them prohibited from openly defending their ideology online or offline. If you're a Nazi the only place you belong is in a prison cell.
- exabrial 2y agoI support free speech. Please send the cops to my address for mere words that I said.
- andrewinardeer 2y agoThreaten to kill the president and the cops will arrive at your house for the words you say.
- exabrial 2y agoWe really need to avoid a future where censorship is regarded as a virtue and monopolized transit providers are "cancelled" or shamed into being the judge/jury/executioner. The far better solution is just to ignore stuff you don't agree with, go outside, and move on with life.
- jaredcwhite 2y agolol, no we don't. Hosting providers have always had terms of service, and private enterprise does not need to adhere to government-level definitions of free speech.
- meiraleal 2y agoElon algorithmically censors me on twitter and makes everybody reads his xeets, this is the opposite of free speech, it is censorship and propaganda.
- kingofthehill98 2y ago[flagged]
- sunaookami 2y agoThe current state of Hacker News, where an audience that should know better advocates for censorship with vague reasons. No, censorship is never good, you are not able to have a free society with it.
- kotaKat 2y agoGoogle Ads took Twitter on, too. Google now delivers ads directly into Twitter that /sort of/ look like tweets, but just off enough to tell they’re ads. The “Why this ad” sends you off to Google.