Cloudflare once again comes under pressure for enabling abusive sites

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A familiar debate is once again surrounding Cloudflare, the content delivery network that provides a free service that protects websites from being taken down in denial-of-service attacks by masking their hosts: Is Cloudflare a bastion of free speech or an enabler of spam, malware delivery, harassment and the very DDoS attacks it claims to block?

The controversy isn't new for Cloudflare, a network operator that has often taken a hands-off approach...