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The Internet of Hate
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The Internet of Hate

After Charlottesville, Nazis, white supremacists, and the alt-right have become a lot less welcome on the web. So they’re building their own.

April Glaser
Slate, 2017
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After several tech companies, including Google, shut down extremist platforms, several members of alt-right movements are planning to create an alternative Internet ostensibly built around a broader definition and application of free speech. Tech writer April Glaser's article describes the developments before cleverly looping back to the question: No matter where you stand politically, do you want a few powerful tech companies to have the power to decide who gets to be on your Internet? getAbstract recommends this detailed account to anyone interested in the balance among free speech, hate speech, and the disparate political views in current American culture.

Take-Aways

  • Large platforms like Airbnb and Facebook banned several white-supremacist and alt-right group organizers in the lead-up to the Charlottesville rally and protests.
  • In the weeks that followed, domain registrars and hosting providers like GoDaddy and Namecheap also denied service to alt-right websites.
  • In response, several site owners and others close to the right-wing movements have called for the formation of a “Free Speech Tech Alliance” to construct an alternative Internet to serve the needs of these groups.

About the Author

April Glaser is a technology writer whose work appears in several online publications, including Slate and Recode.

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