Taylor Lorenz

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

RT @oneunderscore__: Cloudflare blocked 8chan in 2019. It made it basically unusable. It was an image board on which images could not load.… — PolitiTweet.org

Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

RT @arawnsley: There’s a lot more than just a binary of exists/does not exist. It’s a spectrum. How inconvenient is it to find. How inconve… — PolitiTweet.org

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.@kattenbarge and @oneunderscore__ also did one of the best reports on everything that happened. Their piece really get into why this all matters and what it says about the future of political organizing. It’s a must read https://t.co/K5w40ojffb — PolitiTweet.org

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You can read our story here https://t.co/MwqMvHvRBP — PolitiTweet.org

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Obv. journalism plays a major role in media attn on stories like this. Just noting that it wasn’t journalists who started this accountability campaign, it was @keffals, who was brave enough to talk publicly every day abt her experiences and Kiwi Farms harm to the trans community — PolitiTweet.org

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@oneunderscore__ @keffals I’m not subtweeting you king, I’m subtweeting all the ppl in my mentions refusing Keffals credit for a campaign she founded and ran. Your story was fantastic and very crucial coverage! I tweeted it many times! 💓 — PolitiTweet.org

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Obv. journalism plays a role in media attn on stories like this. But it wasn’t journalists who launched this accountability campaign, it was @keffals, who was brave enough to talk publicly every day online abt Kiwi Farms stalking her around the world & call out the service’s harm — PolitiTweet.org

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Content creators have made TikToks/IG posts about this, Twitch streamers covered it at length for weeks, and activists/non profits have worked behind the scenes to exert pressure on Cloudflare. Even Marjorie Taylor Greene (weirdly) issued support for killing the site — PolitiTweet.org

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Cloudflare did not drop Kiwi Farms in response to any one news article. Media ppl should note that @keffals led this campaign, her powerful audience generated #DropKiwifarms coverage on dozens of websites over the past month including Insider, CBS, Vice, Bloomberg, and more. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @keffals: Our statement on Cloudflare dropping Kiwi Farms. https://t.co/PrjtnfPLuX — PolitiTweet.org

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@lexbyanyname @MedBoardOfCA Jesus Christ it’s so scary to think people like this see and treat patients — PolitiTweet.org

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At least three suicides have been tied to harassment stemming from the Kiwi Farms community. The goal of the community is often to drive their targets to suicide. https://t.co/MwqMvHvRBP — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @josephmenn: Updating scoop with @TaylorLorenz on #Cloudflare dropping #Kiwifarms with more comments from Matthew Prince plus @alexstamo… — PolitiTweet.org

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@keffals “Like many trans people, I too was targeted by Kiwi Farms," said @ErinInTheMorn. "They showed up at my local courthouse to grab my divorce files. They posted Google images of my house. They try to scare trans people into silence." https://t.co/MwqMvHvRBP — PolitiTweet.org

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@MToph91 @keffals yup that's in our story. So horrible — PolitiTweet.org

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@keffals Broader concerns about violent organizing online have been climbing for years, accelerating after Jan. 6th. Incitement by right wing social media influencer @libsoftiktok on gender issues has inspired recent threats against children’s hospitals. https://t.co/MwqMvHvRBP — PolitiTweet.org

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@keffals @daphnehk “Soon a doctor, activist or trans person is going to get doxxed & killed or a mass shooter is going to be inspired there. The investigation will show the killer’s links to the site, & Cloudflare’s enterprise base will evaporate,” @alexstamos recently wrote https://t.co/MwqMvHvRBP — PolitiTweet.org

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@ibogost yummmmm — PolitiTweet.org

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@keffals “The question is, which parts of the technical 'stack' of the Internet are supposed to be neutral, which ones are supposed to moderate content, & is there some intermediate set of obligations that should apply to the middle layers?” @daphnehk told The Post https://t.co/MwqMvHvRBP — PolitiTweet.org

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@ibogost wait where are those from I need — PolitiTweet.org

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@keffals “This may largely kick the problem down the road and worse, might even escalate as the posters at Kiwi Farms farms feel attacked,” Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince told The Post https://t.co/MwqMvHvRBP — PolitiTweet.org

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@keffals Cloudflare doesn't host Kiwi Farms, but the security farm offered crucial protection to the site that allowed it to stay operational. Now that they've pulled their services, Kiwi Farms is down https://t.co/MwqMvHvRBP — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @StevenJCBuckley: This is why tech and online culture reporting matters. It makes the world a better place by holding those in power on… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @clancynewyork: Cloudflare drops KiwiFarms. No-paywall-to-read link: [https://t.co/BLccbqHnSv] — PolitiTweet.org

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@keffals “As Kiwi Farms has has felt more threatened, they have reacted by being more threatening. We think there is an imminent danger, and the pace at which law enforcement is able to respond to those threats we don’t think is fast enough to keep up." https://t.co/MwqMvHvRBP — PolitiTweet.org

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Cloudfare CEO Matthew Prince, who earlier this week published a lengthy defense of their choice to host Kiwi Farms, told The Washington Post he changed his mind amid an online campaign against the site & surge in credible violent threats stemming from it https://t.co/MwqMvHvRBP — PolitiTweet.org

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@keffals Cloudfare CEO Matthew Prince, who earlier this week published a lengthy defense of their choice to host Kiwi Farms, told The Washington Post he changed his mind amid an online campaign against the site & surge in credible violent threats stemming from it https://t.co/MwqMvHvRBP — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnMLipton: "Cloudfare Chief Executive Matthew Prince, who earlier this week published a lengthy blog post justifying the company’s ser… — PolitiTweet.org

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@keffals "There are countless people suffering because of this website," @keffals told the Post. "Kiwi Farms isn't about free speech, it's about hate speech. The majority of the content on the site is threads used for targeted harassment against political targets." https://t.co/MwqMvHvRBP — PolitiTweet.org

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@keffals Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare has published a full blog post outlining the decision to block Kiwi Farms from their service. "This is an extraordinary decision for us to make," he said https://t.co/gztNCgB7i5 — PolitiTweet.org