*White supremacists have created a database targeting white women who date Black men, describing them as “traitors” who deserved to be harassed online.
As noted in a VICE report, the site calls out, shames and promotes violence against interracial couples and families — “and it’s been circulated in some of the darkest corners of the internet, including in neo-Nazi Discord servers and accelerationist Telegram channels,” per VICE News — and it’s going to be hard to take down the website.
Here’s more from the report:
The website was created in April but was taken offline after their initial hosting provider cut ties with them. They then found a home with one of Russia’s largest domain registrars, R01. VICE News contacted R01 on Tuesday to ask whether the site violated their policies. An hour later, the site was taken offline, but as of Wednesday morning it was back up. Tatiana Agafonova, a spokesperson for R01, wrote in an email that the company would “diligently render its services to customers” unless a court rules otherwise or they’re contacted by law enforcement.
The owner of the website shields their identity and location through Cloudflare, a U.S.-based security company that protects customers from DDoS attacks (attempts to crash a website by overwhelming it with data). VICE News contacted Cloudflare to ask how this particular website squared with their policies. They declined to comment on individual websites but directed us to their blog from February 2019, where they “address complaints about content.” Their bottom line was that Cloudflare is a security company, and content moderation isn’t really their responsibility.
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White Supremacists Built a Website to Doxx Interracial Couples — and It’s Going to Be Hard to Take Down https://t.co/VqWSp775qE via @vice
— Tariq Nasheed ?? (@tariqnasheed) May 14, 2020
Along with sharing the women’s private and personaly information, the website features a “toll paid” section that warns “white women who have an interest in black men” that such relations will end in violence.
Victims have received messages from admins such as “can’t wait until you pay the price when he beats you,” and “the toll will be paid one day when he slams your big forehead into the ground.”
“A website like this is concerning for reasons even beyond the repulsive hate it promotes. The site is yet another example of how certain online spaces are being designed to literally facilitate harassment,” said Oren Segal, vice president of the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism. “They have real-world impacts on real people. The online systems that a site like this requires to operate should take steps to respond.”
Read the full Vice report here.
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