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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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| A notorious US neo-Nazi website has been forced to switch web hosts after it disparaged a woman who died during protests in Virginia. | |
| On Monday morning, the Daily Stormer was given 24 hours to move by GoDaddy. | |
| Domain name databases now list Google as the site's new domain registrar, but the search giant has not yet commented. | |
| Heather Heyer was killed on Saturday after a car rammed into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. | |
| Although the site's registrar is now listed as Google, it is possible the Daily Stormer is now being hosted by another as-yet-unidentified provider. | |
| 24 hours' notice | |
| Previous host GoDaddy had faced calls to remove the white supremacist site. | |
| In giving the Daily Stormer 24 hours' notice, GoDaddy said the site 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. |
| "Social media sites and those hosting content are very alive to public pressure and perception," said Niri Shan, a media lawyer at Taylor Wessing. | "Social media sites and those hosting content are very alive to public pressure and perception," said Niri Shan, a media lawyer at Taylor Wessing. |
| "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." | "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." |
| Although freedom of speech was important, private firms had a responsibility to crack down on content that could spread "extremist ideologies", said Bharath Ganesh at the Oxford Internet Institute. | Although freedom of speech was important, private firms had a responsibility to crack down on content that could spread "extremist ideologies", said Bharath Ganesh at the Oxford Internet Institute. |
| "I'm pleased GoDaddy did what they did but I'm a little disappointed they did it after public pressure, I would have liked them to have been more proactive," he told the BBC. | "I'm pleased GoDaddy did what they did but I'm a little disappointed they did it after public pressure, I would have liked them to have been more proactive," he told the BBC. |