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Blocking Kiwifarms

September 03, 2022 11:15PM

We have blocked Kiwifarms. Visitors to any of the Kiwifarms sites that use any of Cloudflare's services will see a Cloudflare block page and a link to this post....

Matthew Prince

Cloudflare's abuse policies & approach

August 31, 2022 2:00PM

Abuse Freedom of Speech Legal

Cloudflare launched nearly twelve years ago. Over that time, our set of services has become much more complicated. With that complexity we have developed policies around how we handle abuse of different features Cloudflare provides...

Arkansas engineer wins round 3 of Project Jengo, and Cloudflare continues to win at the Patent Office

May 05, 2022 3:53PM

Jengo Legal Patents Patent Troll Sable

The latest winner of Cloudflare’s Project Jengo, along with some important case updates...

The deluge of digital attacks against journalists

May 03, 2022 3:58PM

Project Galileo Legal

In Uruguay today, UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day Global Conference is underway, with a 2022 theme of “Journalism under Digital Siege.” It is a fitting and timely theme...

What Cloudflare is doing to keep the Open Internet flowing into Russia and keep attacks from getting out

April 03, 2022 2:28AM

Ukraine Russia Freedom of Speech Legal

Following Russia’s unjustified and tragic invasion of Ukraine in late February, the world has watched closely as Russian troops attempted to advance across Ukraine, only to be resisted and repelled by the Ukrainian people...

Matthew Prince

December 07, 2021 1:59PM

Introducing the Customer Metadata Boundary

Cloudflare’s Data Localisation Suite now helps customers localise metadata about their HTTP traffic....

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Jon Levine
, Emily Hancock

CIO Week , Privacy , Compliance , Data , Europe

October 07, 2021 6:19PM

In a win for the Internet, federal court rejects copyright infringement claim against Cloudflare

In Mon Cheri Bridals, LLC v. Cloudflare, Inc., the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted Cloudflare’s motion for summary judgment and concluded that no reasonable jury could find Cloudflare liable for the alleged copyright infringement at issue....

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Patrick Nemeroff

Legal , Litigation , DMCA , Mon Cheri

August 18, 2021 1:59PM

The First Three Winners from Cloudflare’s Project Jengo 2 Share $20,000

In April 2021, Cloudflare relaunched Project Jengo, Cloudflare’s prior art search contest. Here are the first round winners and an update on the case....

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Ethan Park

Jengo , Legal , Patents , Patent Troll , Sable

April 26, 2021 2:00PM

Project Jengo Redux: Cloudflare’s Prior Art Search Bounty Returns

On March 15th, 2021, Cloudflare was sued by a patent troll called Sable Networks. Today, we are launching our efforts to fight back....

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Doug Kramer

Jengo , Legal , Patents , Patent Troll , Sable

December 11, 2020 12:00PM

How to Build a Global Network that Complies with Local Law

Running a global network that complies with different privacy laws around the world requires coming back to the values that we have championed since our founding....

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Alissa Starzak

Privacy Week , Legal

June 11, 2020 2:00PM

Project Galileo’s 6th year Anniversary: The Impact of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable groups on the Internet

Six years ago, Cloudflare started Project Galileo to provide free services to vulnerable nonprofits, journalism and independent media voices online who might otherwise be in danger of being silenced by cyberattacks....

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Jocelyn Woolbright

Project Galileo , Legal

April 15, 2020 2:03PM

Offer of Assistance to Governments During COVID-19

During the spread of COVID-19, Cloudflare is offering free services to government agencies around the world to help them stay online and provide essential information to the public....

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Jocelyn Woolbright

Security , Legal , Speed & Reliability , Cloudflare Zero Trust , Zero Trust

March 31, 2020 2:01PM

Announcing the Results of the 1.1.1.1 Public DNS Resolver Privacy Examination

We took a big step toward improving Internet privacy and security with the launch of the 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver. And we really meant privacy first. We were not satisfied with the status quo and believed that secure DNS resolution with transparent privacy practices should be the new normal....

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John Graham-Cumming

1.1.1.1 , DNS , Resolver , Privacy , DoH

March 07, 2020 2:00PM

Why the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote in the U.S. is Important to Celebrate on International Women’s Day

Yellow roses were worn by supporters of women's right to vote during the Women's Suffrage Movement in the early 20th century in the United States. The yellow rose became the symbol of victory in the movement and this week, across all of our offices, we celebrate the achievements of women....

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Jocelyn Woolbright

Womenflare , Employee Resource Groups , Diversity , Legal , IWD