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   From: d@ray   
      
   A new report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said pressuring online   
   platforms and other internet services to remove those it deems to be   
   far-right extremists is effective in limiting their reach. The report was   
   authored by the ADL's Center for Technology and Society Belfer fellow Megan   
   Squire.   
      
   In preparing the report, Squire analyzed four deplatformed websites,   
   including forum website The Donald, website The Daily Stormer, forum 8chan,   
   and political commentator Nick Fuentes.   
      
   Squire compared the individuals and sites' popularity before and after they   
   were deplatformed, saying the objective is limiting the spread of hateful   
   ideology, not cutting traffic. And according to Squire, deplatforming is an   
   effective way of achieving that goal.   
      
   “Deplatforming websites—removing infrastructure services they need to   
   operate such as website hosting—can reduce the spread and reach of   
   extremism and hate online,” she wrote.   
      
   Deplatforming also financially affects content creators in other ways. For   
   instance, Fuentes was removed from YouTube and forced to incur the cost of   
   hosting his content on his website. On YouTube, he hosted the content for   
   free and was able to monetize the content. Currently, “he has to run all of   
   that infrastructure himself. He has to find the developers, he has to   
   maintain the website, he has to pay for all that bandwidth,” Squire said.   
      
   However, the content creators in Squire's report have survived even after   
   deplatforming. Others have disappeared.   
      
   Squire notes that while deplatforming “works,” the creators of these   
   websites and platforms often “bounce back because there is someone out   
   there that will replatform them.”   
      
   Cloudflare, an internet infrastructure and security company, last year   
   acknowledged in its Q3 2022 filing with the Securities and Exchange   
   Commission that its departure from its neutral position, including the   
   recent blocking of the Kiwi Farms online forum, has resulted in significant   
   negative feedback and a loss of potential customers.   
      
   The company has recognized that taking actions against its customers,   
   including banning them from using its products, may cause harm to its brand   
   and reputation. Publicly traded companies such as Cloudflare are obligated   
   to file quarterly reports, which include a section on risk factors.   
      
      
      
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