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GoDaddy takes down abortionreporter.org 

September 24, 2021 by Raymond Hackney

GoDaddy takes down abortionreporter.org

BusinessInsider.com reported today that GoDaddy took down abortionreporter.org . The company stated the site violated it’s TOS.

From the article:

GoDaddy pulled the rug out from another Texas abortion whistleblower tip site that charged users $20 to submit a claim about a violation of the state’s new abortion law.

Dan Race, GoDaddy’s vice president of public relations, told Insider on Thursday that abortionreporter.org violated its terms of service.

“We have informed abortionreporter.org they have violated GoDaddy’s terms of service and have 24 hours to move to a different provider,” Race said. “The site violated our terms of service, including but not limited to, Section 5.2.”

Filed Under: Godaddy

About Raymond Hackney

Raymond is a writer, domain trader and consultant based in Pennsylvania. Raymond is the founder of 3Character.com and TLDInvestors.com.

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Comments

  1. Bradq says

    September 24, 2021 at 10:24 pm

    Report a violation for $20… You gotta love the enterprising nature of the site creator. Way to take advantage of the situation as disgusting as it is.

    Where there’s a buck to be made people will find a way to make it.

    5.2 is pretty interesting…

    “You will not collect or harvest (or permit anyone else to collect or harvest) any User Content (as defined below) or any non-public or personally identifiable information about another User or any other person or entity without their express prior written consent.”

    You can’ report someone without their consent is what I am getting from that.

  2. Brad Mugford says

    September 25, 2021 at 1:17 am

    Good for GoDaddy.

    Doxxing sites that collect and store private information from 3rd parties, including medical records, are not going to be allowed under almost any hosts TOS.

    This information could then be used to humiliate, bully, harass, and intimidate others. It is simply not acceptable.

    The now-defunct website’s “Terms and Conditions” page explicitly warned that any claims made on the site would be forwarded to an “interested 3rd-party organization that may or may not choose to act on the information and/or make contact with the customer for a follow-up.”

    On top of the collection of data itself, this website was also profiting (grifting) off that data by charging users to submit a claim.

    I predict they are going to have a very tough time finding a host willing to take on the ethical and legal liability of hosting the website.

    Brad


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