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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSpurned by Major Companies, The Daily Stormer Returns to the Web With Help From a Startup
Source: Pro Publica
Spurned by Major Companies, The Daily Stormer Returns to the Web With Help From a Startup
The 20-year-old founder of BitMitigate said he had taken on the neo-Nazi website because he believes in free speech and because, I thought it would really get my service out there.
by Ken Schwencke
ProPublica, Aug. 18, 2017, 5:40 p.m.
The neo-Nazi site The Daily Stormer was back online Friday with help from a small company whose founder said he wanted to defend free speech and raise the commercial profile of his new venture.
The Daily Stormer was dumped by several internet service providers this week after it posted a story mocking the appearance of Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old woman killed on Saturday in Charlottesville. By mid-week, it was accessible only through what is known as the dark web, a corner of the internet that is not easily accessible to ordinary users.
Nick Lim, the 20-year-old founder of the company BitMitigate, said he offered his services to Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin because he believes in free speech, but also to get the word out about his company, which protects websites from so-called denial of services attacks that overwhelm internet servers.
People should be given the right to express their ideas, he said, adding: I thought it would really get my service out there.
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The 20-year-old founder of BitMitigate said he had taken on the neo-Nazi website because he believes in free speech and because, I thought it would really get my service out there.
by Ken Schwencke
ProPublica, Aug. 18, 2017, 5:40 p.m.
The neo-Nazi site The Daily Stormer was back online Friday with help from a small company whose founder said he wanted to defend free speech and raise the commercial profile of his new venture.
The Daily Stormer was dumped by several internet service providers this week after it posted a story mocking the appearance of Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old woman killed on Saturday in Charlottesville. By mid-week, it was accessible only through what is known as the dark web, a corner of the internet that is not easily accessible to ordinary users.
Nick Lim, the 20-year-old founder of the company BitMitigate, said he offered his services to Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin because he believes in free speech, but also to get the word out about his company, which protects websites from so-called denial of services attacks that overwhelm internet servers.
People should be given the right to express their ideas, he said, adding: I thought it would really get my service out there.
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Spurned by Major Companies, The Daily Stormer Returns to the Web With Help From a Startup (Original Post)
Eugene
Aug 2017
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defacto7
(13,485 posts)1. It may get his service out there
just in time to have it and Stormer crash.
Kablooie
(18,645 posts)2. Time for his other customers to switch companies.
msongs
(67,465 posts)3. if he charges them a fee for service he cannot use the free speech claim nt
ck4829
(35,094 posts)5. Calling these people "scumbags" would be an insult to both scum and bags
I've had to fight tooth and nail for every asset, to support ideas that definitely do not involve, you know, genocide, and I haven't been connected to two terrorist attacks in addition to the hate rally.
Meanwhile these guys get free coverage and services by being "edgy."
If I didn't have people in my circle of loved ones who weren't targets, I don't know...
(But today was a good day with Bannon's firing/quitting and all)