**Sam Schlinkert** @schlink@octodon.social · Apr 19, 2018, 17:39

**Sam Schlinkert** @schlink@octodon.social · Apr 19, 2018, 17:39

Sam Schlinkert @schlink@octodon.social

Via Motherboard:

"Cloudflare has confirmed to Motherboard that the company terminated service to Switter because of FOSTA, but also said it's 'a very bad law.'"

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kgvga/cloudflare-switter-down-fosta-sesta

#FOSTA #switter

**Gadfly (-booq-)** @gaditb · Apr 19, 2018, 18:10

**Gadfly (-booq-)** @gaditb · Apr 19, 2018, 18:10

@schlink "IT'S A BAD LAW THAT'S WHY WE SHUT THEM OFF WITHOUT GIVING THEM ANY TIME TO SWITCH OR EVEN A SINGLE WORD ABOUT IT UNTIL /A F T E R/ WE SUDDENLY SHUT THEM DOWN."

**feld ☕️ is good** @feld@bikeshed.party · Apr 19, 2018, 19:20

**feld ☕️ is good** @feld@bikeshed.party · Apr 19, 2018, 19:20

@gaditb @schlink I don't think that giving them time to switch or giving them notification is legally permissible.

**Gadfly (-booq-)** @gaditb · 2018-04-19T19:35:22Z

Gadfly (-booq-) @gaditb

@feld @schlink Huh, that's an interpretation I haven't heard anyone saying anything about it being possible (I'm pretty sure it definitely isn't KNOWN to be impermissable because iirc it's totally ambiguous what FOSTA/etc actually means (besides "bleep you SWers")),

But also like even after shutting them off, they sent only a vague "Against Our TOS" to them, without specifying in the slightest. They said reams more to VICE than to Switter.

Apr 19, 2018, 19:35 · Tusky · 0 · 0

**feld ☕️ is good** @feld@bikeshed.party · Apr 19, 2018, 19:37

**feld ☕️ is good** @feld@bikeshed.party · Apr 19, 2018, 19:37

@gaditb @schlink the reality is that the gov't thugs will raid their offices and servers if they host that content, period.

They have to terminate that hosting immediately to protect themselves.

**Gadfly (-booq-)** @gaditb · Apr 19, 2018, 19:44

**Gadfly (-booq-)** @gaditb · Apr 19, 2018, 19:44

@feld @schlink fine, but they also could have said anything about it, even afterwards. They didn't, until it became a Story. That was a jerk move that points to at least some level of insincerity.