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The Far Right's Favorite Web Host Has a Shadowy New Owner

by bhartzer on 2/9/24, 5:02 PM with 44 comments

  • by throwup238 on 2/9/24, 6:31 PM

  • by hotdogscout on 2/9/24, 6:53 PM

    The last 5 years made me as distrustful of the left as the 2010-2015 alt-right years made me distrustful of the right.

    And like with the alt-right the media and culture moves at a glacial pace, taking years before even acknowledging the issue. I used to be exclusively scared of my friends falling for far right ideas from imageboards and I'm now feeling that same fear with my friends repeating the most illiberal irrational stuff straight from twitter.

  • by ChrisArchitect on 2/9/24, 7:40 PM

    Wonder where that leaves the million(s) of dollars they stole in domain selling

  • by james_david on 2/9/24, 6:34 PM

    http://archive.today/TMe6z

    Epik, the host in question, is run by Rob Monster, which is either a chosen name or evidence we are living in a poorly written simulation. Truthfully, I'm not sure there's a difference.

  • by jevoten on 2/9/24, 6:32 PM

    > Epik.com has been for years the go-to domain registrar for websites that other companies refuse to do business with. Sites dedicated to white nationalism, QAnon conspiracy theories, and harassing transgender people were all welcomed by Epik.

    As a foreigner, this confuses me. We are told the US is systemically racist and white supremacist, rife with white hetero-patriarchy etc.. but Wired claims white nationalist websites have trouble even finding a registrar to take their business?

    Something doesn't add up.