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Unblock: Challenges Cloudflare [exclusive]

Here’s a helpful, plain-English write-up on understanding and unblocking —whether you’re a legitimate visitor getting falsely blocked or a website owner troubleshooting access issues. Why Cloudflare blocks or challenges you Cloudflare protects websites from bots, scrapers, and attacks. When it presents a challenge (like “Verify you’re human”), it’s because its system flagged something unusual about your request.

Lawrence S. Wittner (https://www.lawrenceswittner.com/ ) is Professor of History Emeritus at SUNY/Albany and the author of Confronting the Bomb (Stanford University Press).