Cloudflare Blocks Site Linked to Hate After Weeks of Pressure
- Kiwi Farms has been tied to multiple doxxing attacks
- Rhetoric, ‘specific, targeted threats’ grew in last 48 hours
Outside the Cloudflare headquarters in San Francisco.
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Cloudflare Inc. blocked Kiwi Farms on Saturday, days after hinting it will continue working with the controversial discussion forum despite weeks of pressure.
The company has blocked Kiwi Farms content from being accessed through its infrastructure after an escalation in rhetoric and “specific, targeted threats” over the past 48 hours, Chief Executive Officer Matthew Prince said in a blog post.