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That kind of vigilante justice is part of the general lawlessness.

Most of the listed domain names are under US jurisdiction. That means the authorities should be able to take them down. If Cloudflare is found to have been knowingly enabling crime, it could face fines, and the CEO and other key people could end up in prison. The Cloudflare services have probably been paid using means that are under US jurisdiction. Those payment accounts can be closed and the people behind them tracked down and potentially charged with crimes.

Or at least that's how things work in the real world. The internet is still apparently too new for the authorities to understand how to deal with it.



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