After 4 days, Gabon is getting back on the Internet (updated)
September 05, 2016 9:14 AM
On September 1, we reported that we had seen a complete shutdown of Internet access to CloudFlare sites from Gabon....
Unrest in Gabon leads to Internet shutdown (updated)
September 01, 2016 5:59 PM
A second day of rioting in Gabon after the recent election is accompanied by an Internet blackout. Residents of the capital, Libreville, reported that Internet access had been cut and we can confirm that we saw a sudden shutdown of Internet access from Gabon to sites that use CloudFlare....
How the Consumer Product Safety Commission is (Inadvertently) Behind the Internet’s Largest DDoS Attacks
August 25, 2016 2:18 PM
The mission of the United State's Government's Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is to protect consumers from injury by products. ...
The Cuban CDN
August 18, 2016 1:01 PM
On a recent trip to Cuba I brought with me a smartphone and hoped to get Internet access either via WiFi or 3G. I managed that (at a price) but also saw for myself how Cubans get access to an alternate Internet delivered by sneakernet....
What is Internet Governance and Why Does it Matter?
December 04, 2015 9:52 PM
In November, CloudFlare participated in the tenth annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in João Pessoa, Brazil. ...
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June 19, 2015 2:28 AM
EFF, CloudFlare Ask Federal Court Not To Force Internet Companies To Enforce Music Labels’ Trademarks
This month, CloudFlare and EFF pushed back against major music labels’ latest strategy to force Internet infrastructure companies like CloudFlare to become trademark and copyright enforcers, by challenging a broad court order that the labels obtained in secret....
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May 13, 2015 10:13 PM
CloudFlare Supports the Passage of the USA Freedom Act
Earlier today, the lower house in the U.S. Congress passed the USA FREEDOM Act. The Act, if passed by the Senate and signed by the President, would seek to sunset the National Security Agency’s bulk collection and mass surveillance programs....
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February 27, 2015 12:14 AM
Thoughts on Network Neutrality, the FCC, and the Future of Internet Governance
Today the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to extend the rules that previously regulated the telephone industry to now regulate Internet Service Providers (ISPs)....
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June 12, 2014 1:30 PM
Naming Project Galileo
Earlier today, CloudFlare announced Project Galileo to protect free speech on the Web by using its sophisticated anti-DDoS resources. ...
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June 12, 2014 1:00 AM
Protecting Free Expression Online
Over the last few years, we’ve witnessed a troubling trend: an increasing number of politically or artistically important sites targeted by very large denial of service attacks. ...
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June 04, 2014 8:00 AM
CloudFlare is PCI Certified
Great news for everyone using CloudFlare on an e-commerce site, or a site accepting or processing credit card transactions. After undergoing a Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) 2.0 security control assessment, we’ve been certified as a Level 1 service provi...
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February 27, 2014 9:00 AM
CloudFlare Publishes Transparency Report for 2013
On January 27, the Department of Justice and the Director of National Intelligence announced a change in rules governing the disclosure of National Security Orders....
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January 27, 2014 5:00 PM
CloudFlare Transparency Report on National Security Orders
The Department of Justice and the Director of National Intelligence announced a change in rules governing the disclosure of National Security Orders, including National Security Letters (NSLs)....
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January 17, 2014 9:00 AM
Moving beyond the DC Circuit Court Decision on the FCC’s Open Internet Order
CloudFlare is a strong supporter of a free and open Internet. We believe in both fair and free markets and effective regulation to achieve that goal. That is why we read the recent United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit’s opinion in Verizon v. FCC with great interest....
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August 20, 2013 5:00 PM
Updating Our Privacy Policy
Hi I’m Ken Carter, CloudFlare’s newly minted in-house counsel. Now that I have introduced myself, feel free to introduce yourself. Or, don’t. You may want to remain anonymous because you value your privacy. We do, too. ...
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August 09, 2013 12:00 PM
Cloudflare and Free Speech
This question assumes the answer. A website is speech. It is not a bomb. There is no imminent danger it creates and no provider has an affirmative obligation to monitor and make determinations about the theoretically harmful nature of speech a site may contain....
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July 18, 2013 4:00 AM
Government Surveillance: Why Transparency Matters
The web is one of the greatest inventions of human history because it has made the world more transparent. Fundamentally, that's what the web does: it takes information that was inaccessible and opaque and makes it available and lucid....
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August 20, 2012 8:39 PM
Updating Policies
Back in late 2009, CloudFlare's service began to take shape and our website first went online. While in the early days I had contributed to CloudFlare's early code, we quickly hired engineers to join Lee's team who were far smarter than I. ...
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August 03, 2012 4:43 AM
Toronto, Canada: CloudFlare's 18th Data Center
Last week we turned up three new data centers in Sydney, Atlanta, and Seattle. This week we are launching the next location to continue to expand CloudFlare's global network. Our ops team just put the final touches on our latest North American facility in Toronto, Canada. ...
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