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Re: Twitter/X migrated to Cloudflare, bypassing Brazilian block

#41

Migrated... what .. to Cloudflare?

Twitter, currently known as X.

no I mean what part of twitter, the main application? We're saying it's running off of CF pages and workers now?

Elsewhere I've seen only the t.co domain link shortening/forwarding... which could be a small worker app running there, not the main app.

From what I can see some locations in Brazil route to CF, but not all. And only from x.com, not twitter.com

Re: Twitter/X migrated to Cloudflare, bypassing Brazilian block

#42
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I think it would be about the matter of principle and demonstrating that they will defend their customer's interests.

They will defend their customer interests by staying able to do business in Brazil.. Lets remember that Twitter is not their only customer.. So if twitter has problem with some country justice it is their problem to solve, not a problem to be shared with every other Cloudflare customer.. Also, i doubt that they are making more money from Twitter then every other customer in Brazil added together..

by complying with the block it sets a precedent that is bad for their other customers in the long term, not the short term.

Re: Twitter/X migrated to Cloudflare, bypassing Brazilian block

#43
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Free speech is not a law set in stone, in the US you can be a Nazi without any legal repercussions, here in Brazil you cannot. I'd like to keep it that way.

Any infringement of free speech is a step toward hell.

Brazil is breaking its own constitution and its judges are punishing legal representatives of X.

Re: Twitter/X migrated to Cloudflare, bypassing Brazilian block

#46
post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They will defend their customer interests by staying able to do business in Brazil.. Lets remember that Twitter is not their only customer.. So if twitter has problem with some country justice it is their problem to solve, not a problem to be shared with every other Cloudflare customer.. Also, i doubt that they are making more money from Twitter then every other customer in Brazil added together..

by complying with the block it sets a precedent that is bad for their other customers in the long term, not the short term.

They already do content blocking all over the world..

The precedent is already set, this is nothing new..

Re: Twitter/X migrated to Cloudflare, bypassing Brazilian block

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Just a short history lesson: Nazi's were the ones that burnt the books. You're welcome!

Exactly, they were the ones burning books. I'd like to keep them prohibited from openly defending their ideology online or offline. If you're a Nazi the only place you belong is in a prison cell.

I support free speech. Please send the cops to my address for mere words that I said.

Re: Twitter/X migrated to Cloudflare, bypassing Brazilian block

#48

The real question is whether is whether it is right for the judges of a country to block access to a service that the countries depend on. For instance in the UK the government can stop local media from publishing news that is considered libellous or defamatory, or may unjustly influence court cases, but they can't stop citizens from accessing that information if it is published in a news outlet outside the country.…

It's the Supreme Court, not some random small claims court. That needs to be taken into account.

Re: Twitter/X migrated to Cloudflare, bypassing Brazilian block

#49
post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Free speech is not a law set in stone, in the US you can be a Nazi without any legal repercussions, here in Brazil you cannot. I'd like to keep it that way.

Any infringement of free speech is a step toward hell. Brazil is breaking its own constitution and its judges are punishing legal representatives of X.

Right, maybe we should all just take your word for it and believe you know Brazil's constitution better than the majority of Brazilian Supreme Court judges.

Re: Twitter/X migrated to Cloudflare, bypassing Brazilian block

#50

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Exactly, they were the ones burning books. I'd like to keep them prohibited from openly defending their ideology online or offline. If you're a Nazi the only place you belong is in a prison cell.

I support free speech. Please send the cops to my address for mere words that I said.

I’m fascinated by folks that, upon seeing something mundane like “fuck nazis”, are compelled to post “Ho ho! You must mean me then!”

Like, no? People online don’t know who you are or why you would feel targeted. Unless you know and care about the person making a point like that the post is literally just noise.

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