Observed Signal · May 20, 2026 · Shareholder Activism · Source: https://martechseries.com/feed/ · Impact: 4/5 · Sentiment: Negative
JLens to Withhold Votes Over Cloudflare Extremism Findings
JLens, an investment advisor aligning capital with Jewish values, said it will vote WITHHOLD on the election of select Cloudflare directors at the company’s 2026 annual meeting, citing an Anti-Defamation League (ADL) report. The ADL research alleges Cloudflare continues to provide infrastructure services — including CDN and related tools — to gore forums (e.g., WatchPeopleDie), sites tied to violent extremism and white supremacist accelerationism, and ISIS propaganda outlets. ADL executives argue Cloudflare has acted reactively rather than adopting consistent, proactive policies to block high-risk customers. JLens called the board’s oversight insufficient and requested governance reforms such as an acceptable-use policy banning service to sites dedicated to graphic violence or terrorism, independent sanctions reviews, expanded transparency reporting, and board-level oversight of high-threat customers. The article cites Cloudflare’s global scale (operating in 190+ countries and used by over 22% of websites).
Major internet infrastructure provider (Cloudflare) is accused of enabling extremist and violent-content sites, prompting investor governance action; implications for brand safety, platform policies, reputational and regulatory risk across the ad ecosystem.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- JLens announced it plans to vote WITHHOLD on the election of select Cloudflare board members at Cloudflare’s 2026 annual meeting.
- An ADL report found Cloudflare serves as an infrastructure provider to gore forums (including WatchPeopleDie), sites tied to violent extremism and white supremacist accelerationism, and ISIS propaganda outlets.
- The article states Cloudflare operates in more than 190 countries and is reportedly used by more than 22% of all websites worldwide.
- JLens called for governance reforms including an acceptable-use policy prohibiting service to sites dedicated to graphic violence, independent review of sanctions controls, expanded transparency reporting, and board-level oversight of high-threat customers.
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Greenpeace Urges More Ethics from Cloud Providers
Greenpeace published a report titled “Amazon’s Toxic Web Services” analyzing Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) customer relationships and calling on AWS and other cloud providers to stop offering services to companies the NGOs consider harmful. Using exclusion lists from the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund (Norges), Urgewald and PAX, Greenpeace compared 263 customers and identified at least 70 firms listed by Norges and relationships with at least 100 companies flagged as controversial or ‘high concern’ by Urgewald and PAX. The report names example customers including JBL, Palantir and Anduril. Mauricio Vargas, Greenpeace finance and economics expert, discusses the organisation’s goals beyond disclosure and stresses provider responsibility for enabling controversial business practices.
Meta, Walmart, Sierra launch personal agent protocol
Meta and Sierra, led by chairman Bret Taylor, have announced the Personal Agent Protocol (PAP) for AI-agent interactions with businesses, with initial partners including Walmart, Shopify, Stripe, Genesys, Rocket, and Instinct. PAP defines three access levels (guest, read-only, and write access) built on OAuth and places businesses in charge of vouching for consumer AI agents, differentiating it from rival designs by Visa, Mastercard, and AI platforms. The protocol aims to control customer data and liability in agentic commerce, with future implications for agentic payments. However, PAP is still in early stages: no specification, license, or governing body exists, and payments are not yet supported. Version 0.1 is expected this month, with payments and fine-grained permissions planned later. Notably, Amazon, Google, and OpenAI are absent, reflecting Meta's competitive positioning, especially after Amazon blocked Meta's Muse agent. The protocol competes with OpenAI's Agentic Commerce Protocol and Google's Universal Commerce Protocol.
TypeSafe's Jev Decision Model Explained for Product Managers
The article introduces Jev, a decision model from TypeSafe AI, released in September 2026. Unlike LLMs, Jev returns a decision with a probability based on input text and a question, supporting operations like Noul (yes/no), Choice (one of many options), and Score (rating). It processes up to 32K tokens, with free output tokens and input at $0.042 per million tokens. The author tested it against other models, finding it cost-effective and accurate. Jev is integrated into AskOne for moderation, with rules encoded in prompts to handle abuse and prompt injection. The article notes Cloudflare released similar models (Clef) on October 1, and provides guidance for PMs on quick wins, evaluation, and setup templates.
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