In 2017, the website security company Cloudflare discontinued its relationship with the Daily Stormer, a website run by white supremacists who spread hateful, offensive messages online. Without Cloudflare's protection, the Daily Stormer was forced to retreat to the Dark Net, where it is inaccessible to the majority of Internet users. Someone with a nonconsequentialist perspective on free speech would say that Cloudflare's decision was
A) morally unproblematic, because most people in the country are not white supremacists.
B) morally unproblematic, because white supremacists waive their right to free speech.
C) morally problematic, if the rationale was solely that the content incited violence.
D) morally problematic, if the rationale was solely that there was offensive content.

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Nonconsequentialists focus on the principles behind actions rather than the outcomes. They might argue that censoring simply because content is offensive can be problematic, as it goes against the principle of free speech regardless of the content's nature.

In 2017, the Website Security Company Cloudflare Discontinued Its Relationship