Cloudflare, a high-profile online services and security company, has taken an unprecedented step forward. Block access to customers (opens in new tab), Forum Kiwi Farm. Kiwi Farms, a chan-adjacent forum linked to multiple harassment campaigns, suicides, and the 2019 Christchurch shooting in New Zealand recently took to the left against his Twitch streamer, Clara ‘Keffals’. Played host to a coordinated, life-threatening harassment campaign. Sorrenti who forced her to flee her native Canada.
sorrenti was beaten (opens in new tab) Sorrenti moved into the hotel where the stalker was can identify her whereabouts (opens in new tab) By comparing bedsheets in images shared to Twitter with hotel promotional images online.
Sorrenti then flew to Northern Ireland, where Kiwi Farm users again confirmed her whereabouts and shared images of her accommodation with others. threatening message (opens in new tab) online. All this time, Sorrenti remained outspoken, ignoring threats to her life. campaign started (opens in new tab) Pressure Cloudflare to terminate its client relationship with Kiwi Farms.
Cloudflare does not host Kiwi Farms, but their security services are essential to the site’s operation. The company insisted he would not end service to Kiwi Farms until September 3, arguing that law enforcement intervention was the appropriate way to end activity at the site. Abuse policy overview (opens in new tab).
Cloudflare changed to September 3rd. Block access to kiwi farms (opens in new tab), instead load a page on the domain into a block page and display a link to a blog post by Cloudflare President Matthew Prince. Prince said the move was not a response to pressure campaigns or increased public scrutiny, but was “an imminent and urgent threat to human life that continues to escalate.”
Prince claims it’s an unusual move and doesn’t want to set a precedent for the company.Both Prince’s blog post and Sorrenti’s official statement (opens in new tab) It was shared to Twitter, acknowledging that the site may find another security provider and get back online. Sorrenti concluded her statement by stating: keep fighting. ” To Sorrenti go fund me (opens in new tab) We are working to help with the costs associated with this series of events.
