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Tommy Robinson, who has been banned from most major social media platforms due to his anti-Islam “hate speech”, is now conducting business via a domain name that some believe rightfully belongs to the Muslim-majority nation of Turkey. The r...
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April 23, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.islam, .tr, censorship, Domain Policy, tommy robinson, turkey
Domain name registrar Epik.com has come under fire from prominent domain investors and others after CEO Rob Monster suggested that video of the recent mosque shootings in New Zealand, which he hosted on an Epik service and shared on social media, was a...
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March 21, 2019 Kevin Murphy
anonymize.com, censorship, Christchurch, Domain Registrars, gab, nazism, terrorism
The number of .uk domains suspended by Nominet has doubled over the last year, almost entirely due to takedown requests concerning intellectual property. The .uk registry said this week that it suspended 32,813 domains in the 12 months to October 31, u...
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November 21, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.UK, censorship, Domain Registries, piracy, suspensions
Incels.me, a web forum that hosts misogynist rants by “involuntarily celibate” men, has found a new home after .me registry doMEn suspended its domain. The web site has reappeared, apparently unscathed, under Iceland’s .is domain, at ...
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November 21, 2018 Kevin Murphy
censorship, Domain Registries, domen, hate speech, incels.me
Uniregistry has called for a “Domain Bill of Rights” to protect free speech in a world were domain takedowns can be used to de-platform controversial speakers. Meanwhile, CEO Frank Schilling has told DI that the company did not expel the ri...
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November 9, 2018 Kevin Murphy
censorship, contract for the web, domain bill of rights, Domain Services, gab.com