Cloudflare, a major web infrastructure firm that keeps websites online by protecting them from distributed denial-of-service attacks, said Monday that it will continue to provide some services within Russia despite several calls to pull out, stating that “Russia needs more Internet access, not less.” The statement is just the latest example of internet infrastructure firms having to explain how they are approaching business in Russia as that country’s government continues its brutal assault on Ukraine, and the government of Ukraine seeks to isolate Russia from the internet by publicly calling out major tech and web firms with business interests there. In a statement, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said the company has seen a “dramatic increase in requests from Russian networks to worldwide media, reflecting a desire by ordinary Russian citizens to see world news beyond that provided within Russia.” The statement detailed the various steps the company has taken to […]
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