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vlaaad ◴[] No.41836885[source]
Re https://where.durableobjects.live/ — why the hell are they still operating in Russia?
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1. esnard ◴[] No.41836963[source]
From https://blog.cloudflare.com/steps-taken-around-cloudflares-s... :

> Since the invasion, providing any services in Russia is understandably fraught. Governments have been united in imposing a stream of new sanctions and there have even been some calls to disconnect Russia from the global Internet. As discussed by ICANN, the Internet Society, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Techdirt, among others, the consequences of such a shutdown would be profound.

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> Beyond this, we have received several calls to terminate all of Cloudflare's services inside Russia. We have carefully considered these requests and discussed them with government and civil society experts. Our conclusion, in consultation with those experts, is that Russia needs more Internet access, not less.