More than 100 neo-Nazi sites have moved to Russian social networks

[TomSea]

More than 100 neo-Nazi sites have moved to Russian social networks
2017/08/19 - 10:46 • Analysis & Opinion, Russia

After its American internet providers refused to continue to carry it, the American neo-Nazi publication, The Daily Stormer, relocated to the Russian domain; but before it could begin posting, the Russian authorities first requested and then ordered that it be taken down.

Given the vicious content of this publication, one can only welcome the decision of Russian officials. But Moscow is getting more credit than it deserves because The Daily Stormer — and more than 100 additional neo-Nazi sites that have been blocked on Western social media — are now functioning without problems on Russian social networks.

Continued: http://euromaidanpress.com/2017/08/19/more-than-100-neo-nazi-sites-have-moved-to-russian-social-networks-euromaidan-press/

The American and European far right are migrating en masse to Russian social media. ‘There's less censorship there’
Meduza
16:04, 17 august 2017

Giants of U.S. Internet technology launched an unprecedented campaign against domestic hate groups this week, following violence between far-right demonstrators and counterprotesters at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which included a vehicular terrorist attack on the latter group, killing 32-year-old woman Heather Heyer. Two Internet giants, Google and the domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy, subsequently refused to offer service to The Daily Stormer, a fascist website, after which the site’s creators decided to re-register on Russia’s .RU domain, where it was soon de-registered again. Meduza reviews how American far-right groups are suddenly flocking to Russian social networks in search of a safe haven.

On August 15, The Daily Stormer, one of the most popular American neo-Nazi sources online, registered itself on the Russian .RU domain, days after Google and GoDaddy refused its business. The crackdown came after a violent showdown in Charlottesville, Virginia, between hate groups and counterprotesters that culminated in a vehicular terrorist attack against the latter group. The car attack injured 19 people and killed a woman named Heather Heyer. After her murder, Daily Stormer creator Andrew Anglin published an article where he called Heyer a “fat, childless, 32-year-old slut.” After this inflammatory text, GoDaddy refused to continue offering service to The Daily Stormer. When the website’s administrators approached Google, they were turned away.

Continued: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2017/08/18/the-american-and-european-far-right-are-migrating-en-masse-to-the-russian-internet-there-s-less-censorship-there

[Oceander]

It's pretty damned pathetic when one can say that Russia is less censorious than the U.S. is. 

[Sanguine]

It's pretty damned pathetic when one can say that Russia is less censorious than the U.S. is.

Agreed.  Frightening even.  Of course, Russia supports their kind of rhetoric, at least partially because it's bad for America.

[Cripplecreek]

Agreed.  Frightening even.  Of course, Russia supports their kind of rhetoric, at least partially because it's bad for America.

The vast majority of the online alt right/neonazis are in eastern europe and Russia anyway.