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[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

The issue is that, to my knowledge, today it is not possible to run a website without CloudFlare. Perhaps things have changed now, but CloudFlare basically used to have a monopoly on anti-DDOS services. If they are now in the habit of just kicking any site that they don't like off the web, that does not bode well for what's left of civil liberty.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Sure is, KiwiFarms switched to DDoS-Guard now. It's what Russia Today has been using as well.

[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I haven't heard of that one before. Maybe I should read up more on the tech situation.

[–]Fonched 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

They held their ground for quite a while, but I'm not sure what triggered the ban on KF to take effect since there hadn't been too much with the situation going on right before hand. I guess they are a little lenient than some other platforms, and they only dropped DS/8ch that quick because those were part of stories everyone in politics was focusing on, whereas Kiwi is more niche.