Tech companies turn on Daily Stormer and the 'alt-right' after Charlottesville
by Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#2Z8YG)
The internet has long been a gathering place for white supremacists. But in the wake of the Virginia attack, some are reconsidering their willingness to host hate
For more than four years, The Daily Stormer has used the internet to dish up a daily menu of hate-fueled, neo-Nazi, white supremacist red meat to its readers. On Sunday, a handful of the companies involved in making that possible decided that enough was enough.
Go Daddy, a popular internet domain registrar and web hosting service, announced that it would no longer serve as the domain name service provider for Dailystormer.com, saying that, in light of the violent events in Charlottesville, the site had "crossed the line and encouraged and promoted violence".
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