‘It’s not that hard’: Does kicking Kiwi Farms off the internet prove tech firms can act against hate speech?

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The extent to which private companies should be held responsible for online content is a global issue yet to be resolved

The owner of Kiwi Farms came in need of DDoS Protection and because their website was offline due to DDoS, we didn’t really know about their website’s content. They had a PROBLEM and we had the SOLUTION.

We do not think that is fair to terminate any service because of public pressure but in this case, we think there is some foundation behind all those requests and we really do not want to have anything to do with it. The big tech platforms by now have stringent content moderation practices to prevent the proliferation of this kind of online behaviour, but as a standalone website Kiwi Farms is beyond their reach.

As the #dropkiwifarms hashtag trended, Cloudflare’s social accounts were inundated. The company initially tried to deflect responsibility for keeping Kiwi Farms operational in a move that mimicked the early attempts of the major social platforms to avoid content moderation. But in early September, Cloudflare ultimately backed down and stopped offering services to the site.

 

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