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World’s Biggest Gun Forum Kicked Off Internet Without Explanation
Quote:AR15.com, the biggest gun forum in the world, was deplatformed on Monday by web hosting company GoDaddy.
“ARFCOM IS DOWN. We’ve been booted from GoDaddy and are looking for an alternative solution,” the site announced Monday afternoon on Twitter.
The swift termination by internet host GoDaddy forced AR15.com’s leadership to think on their feet and quickly create a temporary URL so “freedom lovers and firearm enthusiasts” could continue to access the information and resources on the site.
Instead of offering specifics about kicking the gun site off the internet, GoDaddy merely claimed that AR15.com violated its terms of service, which resulted in instant termination.
“On Monday, January 11, 2021, I received notice from our site registrar that AR15.com had violated their terms of service and that AR15.com would be shut down immediately,” President and Co-Founder of the gun site Juan Avila told The Federalist in a statement. “The registrar’s decision to de-platform AR15.com was final and no method to appeal was offered.”
“It remains unclear specifically what content allegedly violated the registrar’s terms of service,” he added.
When asked by The Federalist about the decision to remove AR15.com, GoDaddy claimed that the site “both promotes and encourages violence,” but did not offer any specific examples. Instead, they offered AR15.com 24 hours to relocate its business.
The decision from GoDaddy follows of series of bans and contract terminations by big tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Apple, Twitter, and Facebook targeting conservatives and supporters of President Donald Trump. In addition to using their acquired power to ban and distance themselves from the president and his supporters, many have also engaged in what some have labeled anti-competitive behavior, encouraging and pushing each other to nuke alternative sites such as Parler.
Despite the abrupt change in AR15.com’s site domain and traffic, Avila said that AR15.com already found “a new, First Amendment-friendly site registrar” that will accommodate the forum during its transition, which may take a few days.
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01-12-2021 03:42 PM |
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RE: World’s Biggest Gun Forum Kicked Off Internet Without Explanation
They're still there right now
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01-12-2021 03:44 PM |
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RE: World’s Biggest Gun Forum Kicked Off Internet Without Explanation
So the left is no longer trying to hide the fact they plan to shut down free speech if it doesn't agree with their political views.
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01-12-2021 03:47 PM |
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RE: World’s Biggest Gun Forum Kicked Off Internet Without Explanation
Unintended consequences of these actions is some Non-Political CAPITALISTS are going to make a fortune coming up with platforms and server farms for the affected.
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01-12-2021 03:49 PM |
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RE: World’s Biggest Gun Forum Kicked Off Internet Without Explanation
(01-12-2021 03:47 PM)TripleA Wrote: So the left is no longer trying to hide the fact they plan to shut down free speech if it doesn't agree with their political views.
Well they stole an election, freedom of speech is small potatoes
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01-12-2021 03:54 PM |
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RE: World’s Biggest Gun Forum Kicked Off Internet Without Explanation
(01-12-2021 03:49 PM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote: Unintended consequences of these actions is some Non-Political CAPITALISTS are going to make a fortune coming up with platforms and server farms for the affected.
Yep. Get woke go broke.
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01-12-2021 03:55 PM |
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RE: World’s Biggest Gun Forum Kicked Off Internet Without Explanation
(01-12-2021 03:47 PM)TripleA Wrote: So the left is no longer trying to hide the fact they plan to shut down free speech if it doesn't agree with their political views.
Thanks Georgia.
In all seriousness, this has been in the works for years. The least tolerant people in this once great country are the intolerant left and it's been coming for some time, just look at our college campuses.
All it took was one trigger point, legitimate or not, and off to the races they go.
Walk, peacefully, to the Capital and let them hear your voices...
Now all this. And it's only the beginning.
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01-12-2021 04:02 PM |
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RE: World’s Biggest Gun Forum Kicked Off Internet Without Explanation
Question. If Net Neutrality laws still existed---would that have made a difference? Frankly, I find the deplatforming trend even more dangerous than the censoring within certain certain platforms. You can at least move to another platform if you dont like the censorship on a given platform. But the deplatforming movement threatens the existence of alternative competing platforms....and thats a real issue.
(This post was last modified: 01-12-2021 04:07 PM by Attackcoog.)
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01-12-2021 04:04 PM |
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RE: World’s Biggest Gun Forum Kicked Off Internet Without Explanation
(01-12-2021 04:04 PM)smudge12 Wrote: (01-12-2021 03:49 PM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote: Unintended consequences of these actions is some Non-Political CAPITALISTS are going to make a fortune coming up with platforms and server farms for the affected.
It depends if banks and ICANN play along. ICANN is less of a threat, but banks (or server farms) could certainly put a stop to it.
Everyone raised the red flag about this EXACT thing happening when Ajit Pai, Trump, and conservatives fought to repeal net-neutrality and succeeded.
Do you honestly think net-neutrality would have stopped this? how?
GoDaddy is claiming the site violates TOS by promoting and encouraging violence. Is that protected in a "net neutral" world?
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01-12-2021 04:09 PM |
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RE: World’s Biggest Gun Forum Kicked Off Internet Without Explanation
Sounds like it's time for many to get used to or learn how to navigate around on the deep/dark web on a regular basis.
Quick note for those who have never been: There's some insane crap out there so be careful what y'all click. Bitcoin really made it's name on the above for obvious reasons.
(This post was last modified: 01-12-2021 04:16 PM by natibeast21.)
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01-12-2021 04:14 PM |
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RE: World’s Biggest Gun Forum Kicked Off Internet Without Explanation
(01-12-2021 04:14 PM)natibeast21 Wrote: Sounds like it's time for many to get used to or learn how to navigate around on the deep/dark web on a regular basis.
Quick note for those who have never been: There's some insane crap out there so be careful what y'all click. Bitcoin really made it's name on the above for obvious reasons.
Never been there and wouldn't know how to get there if I was so inclined. And I'm in the telecom industry so I'm pretty tech savvy. I've just never been curious enough about it I guess.
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01-12-2021 04:48 PM |
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RE: World’s Biggest Gun Forum Kicked Off Internet Without Explanation
Is this the first salvo in Biden's attack on the NRA?
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01-12-2021 04:49 PM |
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