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Type of site | Neo-Nazi forum |
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| Available in | English, with sub-forums in multiple languages |
| Owner | Don Black |
| Created by | Don Black |
| URL | stormfront.org |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Required to post (except in open sub-forums) |
| Launched | November 1996[1] |
| Current status | Online |
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Stormfront is a neo-Nazi Internet forum, and the Web's first major racial hate site.[2][3] The site is focused on propagating white nationalism, Nazism, antisemitism (especially antisemitic conspiracy theories) and Islamophobia, as well as antifeminism, homophobia,[4] transphobia, Holocaust denial, and white supremacy.[5][6]
Stormfront began as an online bulletin board system in the early 1990s before being established as a website in 1996 by the former Ku Klux Klan leader and white supremacist Don Black. It received national attention in the United States in 2000 after being featured as the subject of a documentary called Hate.Com. Stormfront has been the subject of controversy after being removed from French, German, and Italian Google indices; for targeting an online Fox News poll on racial segregation; and for having political candidates as members. Its prominence has grown since the 1990s, attracting attention from watchdog organizations that oppose racism and antisemitism.
In August 2017, Stormfront was taken offline for just over a month when its registrar seized its domain name due to complaints that it promoted hatred and that some of its members were linked to murder.[7][8] The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law claimed credit for the action after advocating for Stormfront's web host, Network Solutions, to enforce its Terms of Service agreement, which prohibits users from using its services to incite violence.[9][10]
- ^ Wojcieszak, Magdalena (June 16, 2009). "Cyber Racism: White Supremacy Online and the New Attack on Civil Rights". Sociological Inquiry 80 (1). ISBN 9780742565258. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
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Hate sitewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Stormfront". Southern Poverty Law Center. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022.
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Supremacistwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "World's oldest neo-Nazi website Stormfront shut down". The Telegraph. Associated Press. August 29, 2017. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017.
- ^ Hern, Alex (August 29, 2017). "Stormfront: 'murder capital of internet' pulled offline after civil rights action". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017.
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knoxnewswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Takes Action Leading to Shut Down of Stormfront.com" (Press release). Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. August 28, 2017. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.