Here’s a relevant chunk from GoDaddy’s terms of service:
GoDaddy may also cancel the registration of a domain name … if that name is being used, as determined by GoDaddy in its sole discretion, in association with spam or morally objectionable activities. Morally objectionable activities will include, but not be limited to … Activities designed to encourage unlawful behavior by others, such as hate crimes, terrorism and child pornography …"
I haven’t made a detailed study of Daily Stormer, but it sounds as if ‘encouraging hate crimes’ is probably somewhere in their mission statement, albeit possibly not in those exact words. I’m also willing to bet that GoDaddy has received a pretty constant stream of complaints about them ever since they first registered their domain. Until now, however, they apparently never felt moved to enforce their ToS.
So, yeah, two cheers for GoDaddy for doing the right thing … but what the hell took them so long?
