On March 7, 2022, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said that the platform for protecting content and secure access to information resources will not block all users from the Russian Federation and stop its services in the country. The head of Cloudflare considers any attempts to block access to ordinary users to an open and secure Internet a mistake.
We have carefully reviewed all requests to block Russian users and discussed them with government and civil society experts. Our conclusion is that they need more internet access, not less. We are seeing a sharp increase in requests from Russian networks to global media, which shows the desire of ordinary Russians to see world news, and not just read domestic media in the country. Given Cloudflare's ability to provide access to a more open and secure internet, we consider the complete shutdown to be a mistake."
- wrote the head of Cloudflare. In early March, some experts said that Cloudflare would stop providing DDoS protection to Russian companies, organizations and individuals. The company has not confirmed this.
Cloudflare said it will comply with all sanctions against companies, update blocking systems and introduce targeted restrictions for platform customers under sanctions.
On March 1, 2022, the association of local Internet registrars RIPE NCC announced the neutrality of network communication tools and autonomous systems. The RIPE NCC Executive Board believes that the means of communication should not depend on internal political disputes and international conflicts.
On March 2, 2022, representatives of the GitHub web service for hosting IT projects and their joint development ended the dispute over whether Russian developers should be blocked. The platform said that it will monitor the situation and will not allow everyone, including ordinary developers, to get blocked. Previously, developers from around the world discussed the need to disable GitHub in the Russian Federation. The discussion went on for 6 days.
On March 3, GitLab announced the demand for the immediate blocking of all Russian developers, that every member of the Open Source community is important and valuable to the platform.
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