Streamer Keffals Finally Gets Kiwi Farms Blocked
The content creator Keffals recently managed to convince the security provider Cloudflare to block the controversial website Kiwi Farms. Keffals previously described the website as an "extremist” and "transphobic hate forum," accusing Kiwi Farms of stalking several different streamers, publishing personal information, and being ultimately responsible for multiple suicides.
Keffals claims that Kiwi Farms forced them into hiding following a series of attacks including a swatting incident which resulted in a brief detention by police. The streamer announced earlier this week that a protest would be held outside the Cloudflare Connect conference on October 18, 2022 unless the company agreed to help them prevent further attacks from Kiwi Farms. Keffals noted how they were in contact with multiple activist groups.
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Cloudflare has finally agreed to help Keffals, pointing to an “unprecedented emergency and immediate threat to human life unlike we have previously seen from Kiwi Farms or any other customer before.” The response from the community has been extremely positive.
“We just blocked Kiwifarms,” Chief Executive Officer at Cloudflare Matthew Prince remarked on Twitter. “The threats on the site escalated enough in the last 48 hours that in spite of proactively working with law enforcement, it became enough of an imminent emergency that we could no longer wait for them to act.”
“Kiwi Farms may move their site to other providers and in doing so, come back online, but we have taken steps to block their content from being accessed through our infrastructure,” the official announcement reads. “This is an extraordinary decision for us to make and given Cloudflare's role as an internet
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