GoDaddy

[[File:Godaddy-headquarters-location.jpg|thumb|left|GoDaddy HQ, 2019]]
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'''GoDaddy Inc.''' is an American internet domain registrar and web hosting company which has hosted [[alt-right]], [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitic]], and [[Racism|racist]] content.

==Daily Stormer==
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GoDaddy was the long-term hoster of the [[neo-Nazi]] website ''The Daily Stormer'' until 2017. In response to the murder of Heather Heyer at [[Unite the Right]] rally on August 12, 2017, the ''Daily Stormer'' published an offensive article calling her a "fat, childless 32-year-old slut".<ref name="Ong">Ong, Thuy. (2017). [https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/14/16142384/daily-stormer-site-go-daddy-hosting-providers-hackers-anonymous "Neo-nazi site Daily Stormer threatened by hosting providers and possible hackers"]. The Verge. Retrieved 2018-10-29.</ref> After it was brought to light, GoDaddy said the defamatory article "could incite additional violence" and thus violated their terms of service. On August 14, they gave the ''Daily Stormer'' 24 hours to move to another hosting provider.<ref name="Ong"/><ref>White, Kaila. (2017). [https://eu.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2017/08/13/z-after-months-criticism-godaddy-kicks-out-neo-nazi-website-daily-stormer/563813001/ "After months of criticism, GoDaddy kicks out neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer"]. The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2018-10-29.</ref>

The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] noted that GoDaddy drew criticism for "its willingness to provide a domain name for a website dedicated to spreading [[antisemitism]], [[neo-Nazism]], and [[white nationalism]]".<ref>Kelly, Ryan M. (2017). [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daily-stormer-being-dumped-by-godaddy-apparently-seized-by-anonymous/ "Daily Stormer being dumped by GoDaddy"]. CBS News. Retrieved 2018-10-29.</ref>

==Gab==
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GoDaddy hosted the [[far-right]] social networking service [[Gab]]. After the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, it was revealed that the shooter Robert G. Bowers was using a profile under the name "onedingo", which he used to post anti-Semitic, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist material.<ref>McBride, Jessica. (2018). [https://heavy.com/news/2018/10/robert-bowers-social-media-rob-gab/ "Robert Bowers: See Squirrel Hill Suspect's Social Media"]. Heavy.com. Retrieved 2018-10-29.</ref> Many of his posts on Gab expressed [[racism]] against [[African Americans]] and those in [[Miscegenation|interracial relationships]], with 20 of his posts using the word "[[nigger]]".<ref>Raymond, Adam K. (2018). [http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/what-we-know-about-robert-bowers-alleged-synagogue-shooter.html "What We Know About Robert Bowers, the Alleged Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter"]. Intelligencer. Retrieved 2018-10-29.</ref><ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-anti-semitic-social-media-posts-may-hold-clues-in-fatal-pittsburgh/ "Anti-Semitic social media posts may hold clues in fatal Pittsburgh shooting"]. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2018-10-29.</ref>

On October 29, 2018, GoDaddy informed Gab that the site had 24 hours to move to another domain as violent content violated GoDaddy's terms of service.<ref>Shu, Catherine. (2018). [https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/28/far-right-social-network-gab-goes-offline-after-godaddy-tells-it-to-find-another-domain-registrar/ "Far-right social network Gab goes offline after GoDaddy tells it to find another domain registrar"]. TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-10-29.</ref><ref>Byford, Sam. (2018). [https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/28/18036520/gab-down-godaddy-domain-blocked "Gab.com goes down after GoDaddy threatens to pull domain"]. The Verge. Retrieved 2018-10-29.</ref><ref>Griffin, Andrew. (2018). [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/gabcom-gab-down-godaddy-pittsburgh-shooting-synagogue-a8606551.html "Gab.com goes down in wake of Pittsburgh shooting, after far-right social network is dropped by tech companies"]. The Independent. Retrieved 2018-10-29.</ref>

==Rightpedia==
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GoDaddy hosted the alt-right racist wiki Rightpedia from October 2015 onward.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151026191601/http://www.whoishostingthis.com/?q=en.rightpedia.info "en.rightpedia.info &#124; Who Is Hosting en.rightpedia.info?"] ''WhoIsHostingThis.com''.</ref>

Rightpedia hosted defamatory articles on [[Antifascist Action|anti-fascists]] and politicians written by admin [[Michael Coombs]] and owner Eleonora Dubiczki. The website was notorious for its disturbing imagery of dead children.<ref> E.g., [http://archive.is/6ztB6 Abe Foxman], [http://archive.is/x7xeg Anetta Kahane], [http://archive.is/YiMP8 Leonard Zeskind].</ref> Rightpedia was taken offline in November 2018 after alleged complaints of the website hosting images of [[child abuse]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181220144121/https://www.reddit.com/r/Fuckthealtright/comments/9zv7zi/alt_right_rightpedia_website_closed_down_by/ Alt right Rightpedia website closed down by GoDaddy for disturbing content].</ref>

==Pharisees.org==
Pharisees.org was an extreme fringe site that operated until 2022,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220415000000*/Pharisees.org Pharisees.org] ''Internet Archive''.</ref> with many anti-semitic and anti-catholic posts, such as calling [[Paul of Tarsus]] a heretic [[Anti-Christ]] [[Jew]] [[Pharisee]] and that all his followers are "Children of [[Hell]]", and how the big bad [[Catholic Church]] was behind [[Christianity]]. The overall design was atrocious, on par with [[Time Cube]]. There are also bizarre predictions that say [[Steve Bannon]] will be president and that [[Benedict XVI|Pope Benedict]] will return to be the sixth king of [[Revelation]] after [[Pope Francis|Francis]] dies. It's really convoluted, but [[Antitheism|the point]] is [[Wake up|WAKE UP]], [[Apostasy|leave the churches]], and follow the law.

==See also==
*[[Cloudflare]]
*[[Epik]]
*''[[Billy the Heretic]]'' — was also hosted by GoDaddy

==External links==
*[http://Godaddy.com GoDaddy]

==References==
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[[Category:Anti-Catholicism]]
[[Category:Antisemitism]]
[[Category:Business]]
[[Category:Fascism]]
[[Category:Neo-Nazism]]
[[Category:Racism]]
[[Category:Alt-tech]]

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