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December 10, 2019 4:00 PM
The Two-Year Anniversary of The Athenian Project: Preparing for the 2020 Elections
Two years ago, Cloudflare launched its Athenian Project, an effort to protect state and local government election websites from cyber attacks. With the two-year anniversary and many 2020 elections approaching, we are renewing our commitment to provide Cloudflare’s highest level o...
December 06, 2019 2:06 PM
Cloudflare’s Response to CSAM Online
Responding to incidents of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online has been a priority at Cloudflare from the beginning. The stories of CSAM victims are tragic, and bring to light an appalling corner of the Internet. ...
November 04, 2019 2:00 PM
The Project Jengo Saga: How Cloudflare Stood up to a Patent Troll – and Won!
Remember 2016? Pokemon Go was all the rage, we lost Prince, and there were surprising election results in both the UK and US. Back in 2016, Blackbird Technologies was notorious in the world of patent litigation....
August 05, 2019 1:44 AM
Terminating Service for 8Chan
The mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio are horrific tragedies. In the case of the El Paso shooting, the suspected terrorist gunman appears to have been inspired by the forum website known as 8chan. ...
June 14, 2019 1:00 PM
Project Galileo: the view from the front lines
Growing up in the age of technology has made it too easy for me to take the presence of the Internet for granted. It’s hard to imagine not being able to go online and connect with anyone in the world....
June 12, 2019 1:00 PM
Project Galileo: Lessons from 5 years of protecting the most vulnerable online
Today is the 5th anniversary of Cloudflare's Project Galileo. Through the Project, Cloudflare protects—at no cost—nearly 600 organizations around the world engaged in some of the most politically and artistically important work online....
May 20, 2019 8:00 AM
EU election season and securing online democracy
It’s election season in Europe, as European Parliament seats are contested across the European Union by national political parties. With approximately 400 million people eligible to vote, this is one of the biggest democratic exercises in the world. ...
February 28, 2019 1:00 PM
Digital Evidence Across Borders and Engagement with Non-U.S. Authorities
Since we first started reporting in 2013, our transparency report has focused on requests from U.S. law enforcement. Previous versions of the report noted that, as a U.S. company, we ask non-U.S. law enforcement agencies to obtain formal U.S. legal process before providing custom...
February 27, 2019 1:00 PM
Out of the Clouds and into the weeds: Cloudflare’s approach to abuse in new products
In a blogpost yesterday, we addressed the principles we rely upon when faced with numerous and various requests to address the content of websites that use our services. ...
February 26, 2019 1:00 PM
Unpacking the Stack and Addressing Complaints about Content
Although we are focused on protecting and optimizing the operation of the Internet, Cloudflare is sometimes the target of complaints or criticism about the content of a very small percentage of the more than thirteen million websites that use our service....
February 25, 2019 2:00 PM
Cloudflare Transparency Update: Joining Cloudflare’s Flock of (Warrant) Canaries
Today, Cloudflare is releasing its transparency report for the second half of 2018. We have been publishing biannual Transparency Reports since 2013....
February 14, 2019 6:03 PM
Winning the Blackbird Battle
We’re happy to report that on Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion affirming a lower court decision dismissing the case brought by Blackbird Tech. This is the last step in the process, we’ve won....
February 13, 2019 10:44 PM
The Curious Case of the Garden State Imposter
Dealing with abuse complaints isn’t easy, for any Internet company. The variety of subject matters at issue, the various legal and regulatory requirements, and the uncertain intentions of complaining parties combine to create a ridiculously complex situation....
December 21, 2018 7:01 PM
Athenian Project Turns One: Are Election Websites Safer?
One year ago, Cloudflare launched the Athenian Project to provide free Enterprise-level service to election and voter registration websites run by state and local governments in the United States. ...