GoDaddy forces extremist website to change service provider over offensive content

The Daily Stormer post in question denigrated Heather Heyer, 32, who was fatally struck by a car allegedly driven by a man with white nationalist views.

|Aug 14, 2017, 13:13:12 IST

The web hosting company GoDaddy said on 13 August that it had given The Daily Stormer 24 hours to move its domain to another provider after the extremist web site posted an article denigrating the woman who was killed at a white nationalist rally in Virginia.[caption id="attachment_3928691" align="alignleft" width="380"] Reuters

Reuters[/caption]"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 posted on its official Twitter page.

The Daily Stormer post in question denigrated Heather Heyer, 32, who was fatally struck by a car allegedly driven by a man with white nationalist views, for her physical appearance and what it said were anti-white male views.

The Daily Stormer is a neo-Nazi, white supremacist website associated with the alt-right movement, which was spearheading the rally on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia which resulted in violence, including Heyer's death.

GoDaddy, founded in 1997 and based in Arizona, has some 6,000 employees worldwide.

On 22 June, GoDaddy announced the launch of its new Business Email service for small businesses in India.

Available for as low as Rs 39 per month, Business Email is a professional email solution designed to help small businesses with secure, custom email accounts that can be accessed on any desktop or mobile device.

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