Gaming chat app shuts down alt-right server, bans racists and neo-Nazis
Racists will have to find a new place to talk online.
Popular voice and text chat app Discord shut down the alt-right server and banned accounts associated with the events in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend.
Discord announced on Twitter today that it shut down a chat server associated with AltRight.com, a hate-filled, white supremacist website for the alt-right movement, and banned "a number of accounts" belonging to white supremacists and neo-Nazis who gathered in Charlottesville this weekend for the "Unite the Right" rally.
"Discord's mission is to bring people together around gaming," the statement reads. "We're about positivity and inclusivity. Not hate. Not violence."
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White supremacists gathered in Charlottesville to protest the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue, carrying torches and chanting white supremacist and Nazi-era sentiments. Some of the white supremacists and neo-Nazis were seen carrying Confederate flags and Nazi flags.
The white supremacists clashed with counter-protesters, and one white supremacist drove his car into a crowd of counter protesters, killing one and injuring more than a dozen others.
In the wake of the events, many citizens, politicians, and companies have come out against white supremacists and neo-Nazis, releasing anti-hate statements and even taking action against some of the racist individuals involved with this weekend's rally.
Website hosting service GoDaddy today warned The Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi site, that its domain would be canceled in 24 hours. The Daily Stormer moved its domain to Google's web hosting service, and then Google promptly canceled The Daily Stormer's domain.
Additionally, other people on the internet are attempting to identify white supremacists seen in photos from the Unite the Right rally and notifying their places of work and families about their participation in the rally.
Discord said in its statement that it "will continue to take action against white supremacy, nazi ideology, and all forms of hate."
