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GoDaddy to Alt-Right Leader Richard Spencer: Find an Alt Web Host

posted by martyb on Friday May 04 2018, @10:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the Going-to-ground dept.

aristarchus writes:

As related at Fast Company

Sartorially-championed white nationalist Richard Spencer just got punched in the face–this time, in the figurative sense.

The web provider GoDaddy has taken down the alt-right figurehead’s web domain, the appropriately named altright.com.

“It is our determination that altright.com crossed the line and encouraged and promoted violence in a direct and threatening manner,” a GoDaddy spokesperson told BuzzFeed.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Appalbarry on Friday May 04 2018, @02:09PM (3 children)

    by Appalbarry (66) on Friday May 04 2018, @02:09PM (#675656) Journal

    Seriously, how evil, wicked, and nasty do you have to be for GoDaddy to refuse your business?!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 04 2018, @04:38PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 04 2018, @04:38PM (#675721)

    After months of criticism that GoDaddy was providing a platform for hate speech, the Web hosting company announced late Sunday that it will no longer house the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website that promotes white supremacist and white nationalist ideas.

    https://soylentnews.org/politics/article.pl?sid=17/08/14/2232246 [soylentnews.org]

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 05 2018, @07:23AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 05 2018, @07:23AM (#676009)

      Is their brand of hate speech and affirmative action any different from those twits blowing up the middle east who make claims of world domination in the name of Satan/allah?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 05 2018, @08:09AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 05 2018, @08:09AM (#676016)

    Alt right who organize demonstrations via their website
    duh
    It's not like they would do the same if some muslin living alt lefties did the same