After its initial domain name provider GoDaddy issued a warning, as of Saturday, a website that allowed Texans to report abortion law violations became inaccessible.
GoDaddy notified Texas Right to Life, the organization behind the site, that it violated “multiple provisions” of its terms of service-the most relevant is section 5.2, which prohibits any collection without “clear prior written consent.” Person’s personal information. “
So GoDaddy told Texas Right to Life to look for a New host within 24 hours.
On Saturday, the Texas Right to Life website was not accessible via the URL prolifewhistleblower.com, sending users to a page that cited an HTTP 503 error.
“Your access to this website is restricted by the website owner,” reads at the top of the page. “If you think you have been blocked in error, please contact the owner of this website for help.”
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Weekly newspaper Around noon on Saturday, staff in multiple states tested the site and encountered an error page indicating that the problem was not regional.
Friday is drawing to a close, whistleblower website According to reports, he found a new home in Epik, The company has provided emergency hosting services for numerous right-wing affiliated websites, including social media platforms Parler and Gab, and the notorious hate forum 8chan. It is not clear whether the transaction between Texas’s right to life and Epik will still pass.
Weekly newspaper Right to Life in Texas was contacted about this issue and its hosting plan, but no response was received before the publication time. In a previous statement, Kimberlin Schwartz, director of media and communications for the right to life in Texas, said: “We will not be silent. If anti-life people want to shut down our website, we will restore it. No one can stop it. We tell the truth. No one can stop us from saving lives. We are not afraid of thugs. We will not back down.”
The site’s problem with GoDaddy came after a Gizmodo article revealed that it might violate the domain provider’s policy. Prior to this, activists and concerned citizens had tried to sabotage the site by flooding the site with false reports, including reports allegedly involving the Republican governor of Texas. Greg Abbott, according to New York TimesA TikTok user even shared a piece of code they wrote that would automatically submit a false report to the site.
The Texas Right to Life website is designed to allow Texas residents to submit anonymous reports about health care professionals, assistants, or anyone else they suspect of providing illegal abortions. According to the state’s new legislation, abortions have been banned in the past six weeks, or when the heartbeat of the fetus can usually be detected.
The bill went into effect on Wednesday And has caused Abortion appointments in nearby states such as Oklahoma have increased significantly.
