dangerous precedent". In response, Assembly Four said that "Given Cloudflare's previous stances of privacy and freedom, as well as fighting alongside the EFF, we had hoped they would take a stand against FOSTA/SESTA". Response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine After Russia invaded Ukraine in late February 2022 Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and others called on Cloudflare to stop providing its services in the Russian market amidst reports that Russia-linked websites spreading disinformation were using the company’s content delivery network services. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince responded that "[i]ndiscriminately terminating service would do little to harm the Russian government but would both limit [Russian citizens'] access to information outside the country and make significantly more vulnerable those who have used us to shield themselves as they have criticized the government." The company later said it had minimal sales and commercial activity in Russia and had "terminated any customers we have identified as tied to sanctioned entities." Cloudflare's project Galileo, launched in 2014, offers NGOs DDoS protection for free. In 2022, they extended free protection to Ukrainian government and telecoms. References External links 2009 establishments in California 2019 initial public offerings American companies established in 2009 Companies based in San Francisco Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange Content delivery networks DDoS mitigation companies Domain name registrars Freedom of speech in the United States Internet properties established in 2009 Internet security Internet technology companies of the United States Reverse proxy Technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area Virtual private network services