Go Daddy, Google Ban Neo-Nazi Website That Trolled Charlottesville Victim
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) -- Web host Go Daddy gave The Daily Stormer 24 hours to move its domain after the site's founder described the Charlottesville victim as "a fat, childless, 32-year-old slut."
Heather Heyer was killed Saturday when a man drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters at a rally organized by white supremacists in Virginia.
The neo-Nazi website was founded by Andrew Anglin, an ardent Trump supporter. Strong language is woven into its headlines, disparaging Jews, blacks and other groups. The headline calling Heather Heyer "fat" on Stormer's front page is juxtaposed with another about "fat, white skanks in Morocco," and a course at Princeton that fights "fat phobia."
"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," tweeted Go Daddy on Sunday.
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 (@GoDaddy) August 14, 2017
By Monday afternoon, Stormer had registered its domain with Google.
In a matter of hours, the Mountain View-based company issued a statement saying, "We are canceling Daily Stormer's registration with Google Domains for violating our terms of service."
UPDATE: Google spokesperson says company is canceling Daily Stormer's registration for violating Google terms of service pic.twitter.com/y1VmYukS4z
— Reuters Tech News (@ReutersTech) August 14, 2017
Anglin blamed Anonymous for the outage and posted copy of a threat from the group, calling them a "united force of elite hackers."
Anonymous denies any involvement.
We find claim that it took a "UNITED FORCE OF ELITE HACKERS" to hack a CMS run by amateurs incredibly amusing.
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) August 14, 2017
This is likely to be the derps from dailystormer engaging in a silly troll to woo their clueless base. If we're proven wrong, so be it. https://t.co/dkiXGCDEwY
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) August 14, 2017
The Independent has dismissed Stormer's claim against Anonymous as a hoax to "stir up anti-Semitic conspiracy theories."
The website was still live on Monday afternoon. Anglin claims the Nigerian government helped save the site and thanked president Mahammadu Buhari for authorizing the operation.