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Was that when the CEO penned a letter that started "I kicked X off the internet because I was in a bad mood this morning"?IIRC, even they felt this power was a bad thing at the time, even if the instance of it was ok


You're thinking of when they quit providing DDoS protection for The Daily Stormer. I don't think it was an easy decision for him at all.

Here's the full quote:

>Literally, I woke up in a bad mood and decided someone shouldn’t be allowed on the Internet. No one should have that power.

Here's the EFF article about it with some good links for context:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/08/fighting-neo-nazis-fut...




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