Celebrating 7 Years of Project Galileo
June 09, 2021
Every June, we celebrate the anniversary of Project Galileo. This year, we are proud to celebrate seven years of protecting the most vulnerable groups on the Internet from cyberattacks....
Project Jengo Redux: Cloudflare’s Prior Art Search Bounty Returns
April 26, 2021
On March 15th, 2021, Cloudflare was sued by a patent troll called Sable Networks. Today, we are launching our efforts to fight back. ...
2020 U.S. Election: Cybersecurity Analysis
February 09, 2021
As we protect many entities in the election space, we have the ability to identify, learn and analyze attack trends targeted at these sites that provide authoritative election information....
How to Build a Global Network that Complies with Local Law
December 11, 2020
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....
Cloudflare and Human Rights: Joining the Global Network Initiative (GNI)
August 26, 2020
We are excited to announce that we have joined the Global Network Initiative (GNI), one of the world's leading human rights organizations in the information and communications Technology (ICT) sector,...
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April 15, 2020
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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March 31, 2020
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 ...
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March 07, 2020
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 ...
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January 28, 2020
Empowering Your Privacy
Happy Data Privacy Day! At Cloudflare, our mission is to help build a better Internet, and we believe data privacy is core to that mission. But we know words are cheap — even data brokers who sell your personal information will tell you that “privacy is important” to them. ...
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January 15, 2020
Introducing Cloudflare for Campaigns
During the past year, we saw nearly 2 billion global citizens go to the polls to vote in democratic elections. There were major elections in more than 50 countries, including India, Nigeria, and the ...
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December 20, 2019
First Half 2019 Transparency Report and an Update on a Warrant Canary
Today, we are releasing Cloudflare’s transparency report for the first half of 2019. We recognize the importance of keeping the reports current, but It’s taken us a little longer...
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December 18, 2019
Announcing the CSAM Scanning Tool, Free for All Cloudflare Customers
Two weeks ago we wrote about Cloudflare's approach to dealing with child sexual abuse material (CSAM). We first began working with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), the US-based organization that acts as a clearinghouse for removing this abhorrent co...
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December 10, 2019
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...
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December 06, 2019
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. ...
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November 04, 2019
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....
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August 05, 2019
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. ...
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June 14, 2019
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....
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June 12, 2019
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....
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May 20, 2019
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. ...
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