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Texas Abortion Snitching Site Now Shares Web Host With Far-Right Extremists
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-right-to-life-abortion-godaddy-epik_n_61369171e4b04778c0089624A Texas anti-abortion group moved its online portal for snitching on abortions under the state’s extreme new law to a web hosting service known for working with far-right extremists and conspiracy theorists.
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Texas Right to Life, the evangelical Christian group behind the site, set up the online reporting operation to enforce the new “vigilante” law, which went into effect last week after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block it. The law, signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this year, bans all abortions after six weeks — even in cases of rape or incest — before many people even know they’re pregnant.
But the reporting site was bounced last week by hosting provider GoDaddy for violating privacy policies barring users from revealing personal information about third parties (like people seeking abortions).
The site, ProLifeWhistleblower.com, then jumped to the Epik web hosting service, according to domain registration data first reported by Ars Technica.
Epik is noted for its history of working with far-right and extremist sites, including social media site Parler, hate-spewing 8Chan, and Gab, the social media platform favored by Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers. Epik founder Rob Monster has boasted that he’s the “Lex Luthor of the internet.”
Epik also works with InfoWars, the far-right conspiracy theory outlet run by Alex Jones, and has previously provided services to the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website.
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Texas Right to Life, the evangelical Christian group behind the site, set up the online reporting operation to enforce the new “vigilante” law, which went into effect last week after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block it. The law, signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this year, bans all abortions after six weeks — even in cases of rape or incest — before many people even know they’re pregnant.
But the reporting site was bounced last week by hosting provider GoDaddy for violating privacy policies barring users from revealing personal information about third parties (like people seeking abortions).
The site, ProLifeWhistleblower.com, then jumped to the Epik web hosting service, according to domain registration data first reported by Ars Technica.
Epik is noted for its history of working with far-right and extremist sites, including social media site Parler, hate-spewing 8Chan, and Gab, the social media platform favored by Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers. Epik founder Rob Monster has boasted that he’s the “Lex Luthor of the internet.”
Epik also works with InfoWars, the far-right conspiracy theory outlet run by Alex Jones, and has previously provided services to the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website.
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Even the providers that host terrorists don't want them.
