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Cloudflare ending DDoS protection for 8chan

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Primary discussion (over 500 points, over 500 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20610395

This is chilling, and let me tell you why...

CloudFlare cuts off 8chan... but "There are other DDOS protection services, so this doesn't mean 8chan is going offline for good".

Except CloudFlare just turned DDOS Infrastructure from Platform to Publisher. CloudFlare explicitly doesn't support 8chan. So other DDOS protection services who allow them are forced to say why they allow them, when their competitors don't. The CEOs of these companies not to be affiliated with 8chan, or to just not lose their professional networks are now in a position where remaining impartial is no longer viable.

DDOS protection is now something that is only provided to "allowed" speech, where it is "allowed" by Tech CEOs based out of Silicon Valley.

It used to be "site X doesn't have to host you, make your own", except given how easy DDOS attacks are to perform even if you can build your own version of "site X" hosting is now no longer possible.

This is the last phase of web centralization. If tech giants don't like your site, they won't host it, or even protect it. But because its a "bad" site, its ok.

Talk about a slippery slope, let's really defend the Nazi message board? No, burn it down, and any and all other websites that allow white nationalists to effectively build communities.

It's easy to become emotional and not realize that 8chan != one of it's boards. Going after 8chan for that one board, is like going after Facebook because one of it's users goes on a rampage. Or blaming a whole group of people for the actions of one. When you get to this point, you are no better than the racists/Nazis you're attacking.

Tech giant supporting the suppression of speech they find to be disagreeable?

Fortunately, for the good of history phone companies didn't take a similar tact.

Tech giant prefers making money to setting it on fire.

All hail the profits!

Tech giant's demonstrating their own right to free speech by choosing what they will host?

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