Cloudflare to Allow Anonymous Abuse Reports, Refuses to Censor Internet

Cloudflare will allow people to anonymously report abusive online content, but refuses to censor the Internet. The decision comes after ProPublica argued that the Internet company helps serve up hate on the Web by allowing sites that feature such content carry on. 

Cloudflare's CEO Matthew Prince signed a blog post in which he discusses the issue, detailing the way the company's abuse reporting system works. 

"Cloudflare will forward all abuse reports that appear to be legitimate to the responsible hosting provider and to the website owner," he said. Of course, since no one reads the disclaimers, people weren't aware that this was done alongside personally identifying details, such as name and email address. 

ProPublica wrote that people complaining to Cloudflare abou...