The 'first major hate site on the internet' is shut down
Former Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard Don Black showed the world how the internet could galvanize hate beginning in 1995.
Now the website he founded that year, Stormfront — called the "first major hate site on the Internet" by the SPLC — is offline.
Domain provider Web.com has put a hold on the site after the Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law wrote a letter to the company's CEO, pointing out that Stormfront violated Web.com's policy stating "users may not ... utilize the services in a manner deemed, in company’s sole discretion, to display bigotry, racism, discrimination, or hatred in any manner whatsoever" [PDF]. Read more...
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