I work for CloudFlare, just an engineer and not a lawyer, etc. This is my opinion but I recognise I work here and am a dumb person from a legal perspective.
One of the things that CloudFlare cares about is due process. That has been blogged about too: https://blog.cloudflare.com/fighting-back-responsibly/
If CloudFlare were to subjectively decide to remove websites or DNS zones, due process goes out of the window as we'd be able to just do whatever we pleased to whomever.
We (collective HN readers, etc) cannot wish to restrict and prevent overreach if we indulge in the very same action by subjectively removing/blocking access. Either a company follows due process, or it does not.
Due process is extremely valuable to a society, relying on a transparent system that has an appeals process should be important to everyone... the legal system gives this, and it's value is so great to society in restricting overreach, that as individuals and as the wider company we have embraced due process, and rejected the things that would weaken it... our own actions.
If you wish to have booters or whomever else removed, please present our legal team with a valid legal request.
One of the things that CloudFlare cares about is due process. That has been blogged about too: https://blog.cloudflare.com/fighting-back-responsibly/
If CloudFlare were to subjectively decide to remove websites or DNS zones, due process goes out of the window as we'd be able to just do whatever we pleased to whomever.
We (collective HN readers, etc) cannot wish to restrict and prevent overreach if we indulge in the very same action by subjectively removing/blocking access. Either a company follows due process, or it does not.
Due process is extremely valuable to a society, relying on a transparent system that has an appeals process should be important to everyone... the legal system gives this, and it's value is so great to society in restricting overreach, that as individuals and as the wider company we have embraced due process, and rejected the things that would weaken it... our own actions.
If you wish to have booters or whomever else removed, please present our legal team with a valid legal request.