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

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: 4, Informative) by meustrus on Friday May 04 2018, @05:02PM

    by meustrus (4961) on Friday May 04 2018, @05:02PM (#675735)

    When it comes to private businesses, the law that generally applies is the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [ourdocuments.gov], which does not protect political affiliation. Specifically, it requires that government and private businesses not discriminate based on "race, color, religion, sex, or national origin" (at its most restrictive; religion and sex are excluded from some protections).

    The closest that this law comes to protecting political affiliation is in TITLE VIII, which outlines the collection of voter registration data and stipulates that:

    ...no person shall be compelled to disclose his race, color, national origin, or questioned about his political party affiliation, how he voted, or the reasons therefore, nor shall any penalty be imposed for his failure or refusal to make such disclosure.

    IANAL, and this is not a very detailed read, so I could be wrong. Individual states also have stronger protections sometimes, but as far as I know I haven't lived in one that protects political affiliation. If you know of part of the law that protects political affiliation, please show us all what part that is.

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