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→Kiwifarms.net which is the second biggest organic traffic competitor of RationalWiki is being partly hosted in Ukraine
Web marketing is often a relative strength game. Just because a website is gaining content or links does not mean that its competitors are not moving faster.
Web marketing is often a relative strength game. Just because a website is gaining content or links does not mean that its competitors are not moving faster.
=== Kiwifarms.net which is the second biggest organic traffic competitor of RationalWiki is being partly hosted in Ukraine ===
=== Kiwifarms.net which is the second biggest organic traffic competitor of RationalWiki is being partly hosted in Ukraine subsequent to activists and tech firms trying to ban it ===
On September 19, 2022, The Guardian published the article ''It’s not that hard’: Does kicking [[Kiwi Farms]] off the internet prove tech firms can act against hate speech?'' which stated:
{{Cquote|As the internet continues to evolve from its earlier days as an unregulated wild west, the big debates about what people should be allowed to see and do online has shifted away from major platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter to focus on the actions of a small group of tech companies.
These service providers operate under the radar to keep the engine of the internet running without the fanfare of their more recognisable counterparts. But for activists interested in eradicating toxic hate speech and harassment online, they have become the latest targets in an ongoing campaign.
Last week, the roving spotlight landed on a new player called Diamwall. Open to the public for only a month, the Portugal-based content delivery network (CDN) provider, which filters website traffic and blocks malicious requests, had been engaged by the notorious trolling and doxing website Kiwi Farms after it was dropped by its previous provider, Cloudflare.
It wasn’t long before Diamwall’s CEO, Hugo Carvalho, was explaining his decision to do the same in a blog post on the company website:
:"The owner of Kiwi Farms came in need of DDoS Protection and because their website was offline due to DDoS, we didn’t really know about their website’s content. They had a PROBLEM and we had the SOLUTION.
:Soon enough the reports started to arrive and we started digging more and more about this website, soon enough we found that Kiwi Farms hosts a lot of revolting content.
:We do not think that is fair to terminate any service because of public pressure but in this case, we think there is some foundation behind all those requests and we really do not want to have anything to do with it.
:An internet forum known for its active targeting and harassment of trans people, Kiwi Farms has also been blamed for suicides after people were hounded offline – and sometimes out of their homes – by a firehose of vitriol coordinated and directed from the site."
In August, users of the site targeted Canadian Twitch streamer and trans activist Clara Sorrenti, who fled Canada after Kiwi Farms users called in a fake bomb threat at her home and police turned up to her house. The Kiwi Farms trolls subsequently tracked her around the globe to continue their harassment.
The big tech platforms by now have stringent content moderation practices to prevent the proliferation of this kind of online behaviour, but as a standalone website Kiwi Farms is beyond their reach.
Instead of pleading her case to a regulatory body that doesn’t really exist, Sorrenti used her large online following to turn the tables, starting a “Drop Kiwi Farms” movement to get the site kicked off the internet by targeting the companies that kept them operational.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/20/its-not-that-hard-does-kicking-kiwi-farms-off-the-internet-prove-tech-firms-can-act-against-hate-speech ''It’s not that hard’: Does kicking Kiwi Farms off the internet prove tech firms can act against hate speech?'']</ref>}}
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