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Regarding the money sensitivity issue, I do understand KYC, etc. However, once they determine that you are not doing anything illegal, they are simply moving money from one person to another and in that respect that are a "kind" of common carrier. Porn is not illegal. So they are specifically stepping in and making a socially acceptable (to them) judgement call to stop something that is perfectly legal when they should be just making sure you are not a terrorist or drug-dealer and minding their own business.

>Cloudflare notably has not been legally forced to take the positions it has.

True they flip-flop depending on how the winds of Twitter are blowing, but they are quickly positioning themselves in such a way that someone could earnestly claim there is not reasonable alternative and that they are "required" to run a business. Then what?




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