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| GoDaddy expels neo-Nazi site over article on Charlottesville victim | GoDaddy expels neo-Nazi site over article on Charlottesville victim |
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| Web hosting company GoDaddy has given a US neo-Nazi site 24 hours to find another provider after it disparaged a woman who died in protests in Virginia. | Web hosting company GoDaddy has given a US neo-Nazi site 24 hours to find another provider after it disparaged a woman who died in protests in Virginia. |
| The Daily Stormer published a piece denigrating Heather Heyer, who was killed on Saturday after a car rammed into a crowd protesting at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. | The Daily Stormer published a piece denigrating Heather Heyer, who was killed on Saturday after a car rammed into a crowd protesting at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. |
| GoDaddy had faced calls to remove the white supremacist site as a result. | GoDaddy had faced calls to remove the white supremacist site as a result. |
| The web host said the Daily Stormer had violated its terms of service. | The web host said the Daily Stormer had violated its terms of service. |
| "We informed the Daily Stormer that they have 24 hours to move the domain to another provider, as they have violated our terms of service," GoDaddy said in a statement on Twitter. | "We informed the Daily Stormer that they have 24 hours to move the domain to another provider, as they have violated our terms of service," GoDaddy said in a statement on Twitter. |
| Previously, some web users had called on GoDaddy to remove the site - including women's rights campaigner Amy Siskind. | Previously, some web users had called on GoDaddy to remove the site - including women's rights campaigner Amy Siskind. |
| Violence broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia, after white supremacists organised a controversial far-right march called "Unite the Right". | Violence broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia, after white supremacists organised a controversial far-right march called "Unite the Right". |
| Since the announcement, a blog post has appeared on the Daily Stormer, claiming the site has been hacked by Anonymous. | Since the announcement, a blog post has appeared on the Daily Stormer, claiming the site has been hacked by Anonymous. |
| However, the main Twitter feed for Anonymous has said it has no confirmation that the hacker group is involved. | However, the main Twitter feed for Anonymous has said it has no confirmation that the hacker group is involved. |
| "It's very unusual for a host to remove a website because they've got immunity in the US under the First Amendment," said Niri Shan, a media and freedom of speech lawyer at Taylor Wessing. | |
| "Social media sites and those hosting content are very alive to public pressure and perception," he told the BBC. | |
| "Now you've got politicians saying they'll intervene and legislate if they don't take more actions on the content on their sites, so I think this is part of a bigger picture." |