Cloudflare stops offering to block LGBTQ webpages

https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/21/cloudflare_lgbtq_filtering/

by samizdis • 5 years ago

22 5 5 years ago

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barbe• 5 years ago

This is known as private prosecution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prosecution

wmf• 5 years ago

I think this comment got attached to the wrong thread.

xupybd• 5 years ago

>>Nonetheless, current menu options might still be worth reviewing. Providing customers with the ability to block access to information about "Abortion" or "Religion," for example, seems controversial, particularly from a company that has championed free speech and tried to avoid content policing.

As a free speech fan I think that's the perfect solution. Give people the ability to block things they don't want rather than blocking people saying the things they want to say. Of course the way it's used come could cause problems but if done well it's a great idea.

yakubin• 5 years ago

The purpose of this service isn't giving people the ability to block things they don't want to see, but to block things they don't want other people to see. Instead of censoring they make a tool to censor. Children of abusive parents end up being victims of such tools.

devfatigue• 5 years ago

I worked for a draconian company that blocked pretty much everything. Even github got banned and special request to be made monthly to reopen it. They had regular banners on their front page lauding LGBTQ interests, but I still think they will be sad that they won't be able to block this category.

Cloudflare stops offering to block LGBTQ webpages

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