Yesterday a quasi-judicial body in Italy fined @Cloudflare $17 million for failing to go along with their scheme to censor the Internet. The scheme, which even the EU has called concerning, required us within a mere 30 minutes of notification to fully censor from the Internet any sites a shadowy cabal of European media elites deemed against their interests. No judicial oversight. No due process. No appeal. No transparency. It required us to not just remove customers, but also censor our 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver meaning it risked blacking out any site on the Internet. And it required us not just to censor the content in Italy but globally. In other words, Italy insists a shadowy, European media cabal should be able to dictate what is and is not allowed online.
That, of course, is DISGUSTING and even before yesterday’s fine we had multiple legal challenges pending against the underlying scheme. We, of course, will now fight the unjust fine. Not just because it’s wrong for us but because it is wrong for democratic values.
In addition, we are considering the following actions: 1) discontinuing the millions of dollars in pro bono cyber security services we are providing the upcoming Milano-Cortina Olympics; 2) discontinuing Cloudflare’s Free cyber security services for any Italy-based users; 3) removing all servers from Italian cities; and 4) terminating all plans to build an Italian Cloudflare office or make any investments in the country.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. While there are things I would handle differently than the current U.S. administration, I appreciate @JDVance taking a leadership role in recognizing this type of regulation is a fundamental unfair trade issue that also threatens democratic values. And in this case @ElonMusk is right: #FreeSpeech is critical and under attack from an out-of-touch cabal of very disturbed European policy makers.
I will be in DC first thing next week to discuss this with U.S. administration officials and I’ll be meeting with the IOC in Lausanne shortly after to outline the risk to the Olympic Games if @Cloudflare withdraws our cyber security protection.
In the meantime, we remain happy to discuss this with Italian government officials who, so far, have been unwilling to engage beyond issuing fines. We believe Italy, like all countries, has a right to regulate the content on networks inside its borders. But they must do so following the Rule of Law and principles of Due Process. And Italy certainly has no right to regulate what is and is not allowed on the Internet in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Brazil, India or anywhere outside its borders.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FIGHT AND WE WILL WIN!!!
🇬🇧 Depuis vingt ans, Simon Beck, 67 ans, crée des motifs complexes dans la neige fraîche et sur les plages, uniquement à l’aide de ses pieds. Au fil des années, il a pris conscience de l’ampleur de l’audience touchée par son travail et a décidé de s’y consacrer pleinement. Aujourd’hui, il a réalisé près de 700 œuvres. 🍀 (washingtonpost)
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Contrôle au faciès par une patrouille sans matricule ni caméra : fouilles, palpations, insultes, coups.
J’observe, je m’identifie. Le taser sort.
Je montre ma carte de député et demande d’arrêter l’intimidation.
Réponse : « Si j’te tase, tu vas faire quoi ? »
Voilà la réalité.
Cette nuit à Auch, un pas de plus a été franchi.
Trois policiers ont sorti leur arme et mis en joue un jeune agriculteur qui manifestait.
Cette violence d’Etat contre les honnêtes citoyens devenue le dernier rempart du macronisme agonisant est inadmissible.
Blindés, hélicoptères et lacrymo à gogo.
Les grands moyens pour la guerre agricole contre les éleveurs.
Tout ça pour buter des vaches saines le plus vite possible.
La folie ordinaire.
This is Claude Code and OpenAI Codex on steroids.
Droids just dropped, the best software development agents in the world, reaching #1 on Terminal-Bench.
Here’s how to set it up:
Pour comprendre la situation au Yémen et notre alliance contre-nature avec le régime saoudi-wahabbite et Al Qaeda.
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Yemen Foreign Minister Jamal Bin Amer has been assassinated by the Terrorist State of Israel - It was an honour to meet him in Sana'a a few months ago. Are the EU going to condemn this Israeli War Crime..? Or has the EU abandoned International Law..?
The lawless, terrorist, state of 🇮🇱 murdered Jamal bin Amer, Yemen's Foreign Minister, whom I met in March, in Saana last night, along with the Prime Minister & other Ministers for their heroic solidarity with 🇵🇸. Our hearts are breaking but we know your spirit never will. Yemen will prevail!
Jolie profession de foi classique. La gauche unie certes, mais pour quoi faire ? La guerre à la Russie ? D voitures électriques ? Un green new deal fantoche ? Aménager l’inconfort ? mettre fin au capitalisme responsable 1er de cette situation absurde ? J’aimerai bien votre avis ?
@dr_l_alexandre Quand l'outrance et les positions caricaturales sont les seuls arguments. 😂🤦🏼♀️🙃
Mais pour qui travaillent ces gens qui sont toujours du côté de la guerre, des mesures sanitaires charlatanes, du transhumanisme et de tout ce qui nous fait foncer dans le mur collectivement ?
27 octobre 2005. Il y a 19 ans, jour pour jour, Zyed Benna et Bouna Traoré perdaient la vie suite à un contrôle de police à Clichy-sous-Bois.
Les deux adolescents rentraient, à pied, d’un foot à Livry-Gargan, ville limitrophe à la leur