{"id":20524,"date":"2019-08-06T16:23:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T15:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=20524"},"modified":"2019-08-06T16:23:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T15:23:52","slug":"cloudflare-cut-ties-with-right-wing-forum-8chan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/cloudflare-cut-ties-with-right-wing-forum-8chan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudflare cut ties with right-wing forum 8chan"},"content":{"rendered":"
An online forum that was used by the suspect of the\u00a0El Paso shootings,<\/a>\u00a0had its services suspended by Cloudflare<\/a> on Monday in an attempt to stop the spread of far-right messages that had been circulating on the site.<\/p>\n 8chan, also known as Infinitechan, was left with no cloud protection services, making it vulnerable to an array of cyber-attacks that had the potential to shut down the entire site.<\/p>\n The gunman of the recent El Paso attack used the webpage to go on an alleged white nationalist rant before storming a Walmart and killing 22 people.<\/p>\n However, US-based firm, BitMigate (who were recently acquired by Epik.com), said they wanted to give cloud protection to 8chan and provide them with, \u201cBulletproof DDoS protection with a proven commitment to liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n In 2017, BitMitgate also chose to deliver security to the neo-Nazi site, the Daily Stormer, after\u00a0Cloudflare<\/a>\u00a0also stopped defense to its website.<\/p>\n In choosing to remove safeguarding from Infinitechan, the chief executive of Cloudflare Matthew Prince commented on Sunday, \u201cEven if 8chan may not have violated the letter of the law in refusing to moderate their hate-filled community, they have created an environment that revels in violating its spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n Epik.com relies heavily on\u00a0cloud infrastructure company<\/a>, Voxility. After hearing that the BitMigate parent company had chosen to takeover 8chan, Voxility quickly cut off Epik.com, leaving 8chan unable to run.<\/p>\nSupport from other places<\/h4>\n
8chan is currently down<\/h4>\n