If CF didn't offer free DDoS protection - ironically, whilst providing cover & protection to the greatest # of DDoS-4-hire websites on the clear-web - they would have nothing else to offer that would be considered best-in-class
But yeah, they're the preeminent force in ensuring free speech on the internet lol
But not neccesarily, companies are not people they are not protected by the bill of rights and this is already happening when LE forcibly takeover domains to censor them with cause of course. Also, freedom of speech does not include speech made with thr intent and effect of causing demonstrable harm.
Constitutional amendments are so tricky that I'm not sure if just going out to vote is gonna change anything.
>Also, freedom of speech does not include speech made with thr intent and effect of causing demonstrable harm.
I don't think that is a legal standard for the First Amendment. Advocacy of violence is protected speech under the First Amendment.
CF has *no power to censor anyone*
Refusing to provide FREE DDoS Protection, and refusing to FREELY CACHE vitriol, are not "censorship"!
Nor are either of those actions an infringement on any American's rights as defined by the 1st Amendment [friendly reminder that there are nations, other than America, in the world]
Sure - CF are not content moderators ... but, neither are they "a public utility provider" ... they are, however, a *for-profit commercial enterprise*, and as such, they get to choose who they DO, or DO NOT, do business with
If you think any of the sites offloaded by CF deserve the free DDoS protection and caching services CF was providing - by all means, spin up some servers and provide it to them yourself - you have that right.