Cloudflare Signals That It Intends to Continue Protecting Transphobic Forum Kiwi Farms

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A blog post by internet infrastructure and cybersecurity company Cloudflare signals the company’s intention to continue to protect Kiwi Farms, a notoriously transphobic forum with users that have stalked and harassed, and doxed vulnerable people.

Without explicitly referencing the growing outcry over its support of Kiwi Farms, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince and Alissa Starzak, the company’s vice president, and global head of public policy, say in the post that “Just as the telephone company doesn't terminate your line if you say awful, racist, bigoted things, we have concluded in consultation with politicians, policy makers, and experts that turning off security services because we think what you publish is despicable is the wrong policy.”

The company draws a bright line between its policies for hosting content …