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Cloudfare: Banning 8chan Would Make Spying for Law Enforcement Harder
- Subject: Cloudfare: Banning 8chan Would Make Spying for Law Enforcement Harder
- From: jya at pipeline.com (John Young)
- Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:39:21 -0400
In a phone conversation in the early afternoon, Mr. Prince sounded
torn: On one hand, 8chan was clearly reprehensible, and depriving it
of the protection Cloudflare provides would rid him of a troublesome
customer and a huge headache. On the other hand, banning 8chan could
set a bad precedent, and it could make it harder for law enforcement
authorities to monitor violent extremists. Cloudflare, like other
tech companies with a window onto dark internet activity, can share
information about crimes with investigators.
Banning 8chan "would make our lives a lot easier," Mr. Prince said,
"but it would make the job of law enforcement and controlling hate
groups online harder."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/technology/8chan-cloudflare-el-paso.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage
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