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I cover bad places on the internet for a living. I have a story coming out today with about the worst one.
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Far-right stalkers at Kiwi Farms are chasing their victims around the world and broadening their enemies list
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Anti-trans stalkers at Kiwi Farms are chasing one victim around the world. Their list of targets is...
A trans streamer and a Republican congresswoman were targeted at their homes in the last month. Experts warn this is just the beginning.
1:15 PM · Sep 2, 2022
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/cloudflare-kiwi-farms-keffals-anti-trans-rcna44834
Kiwi Farms is an internet message board known for being an epicenter of vicious, anti-trans harassment campaigns. It has operated for nearly a decade with the backing of some tech companies that refuse to drop services for it. But now, as the sites users launch a wave of anti-trans attacks, a trans Twitch streamer targeted by Kiwi Farms is spearheading an unprecedented campaign to take down the fringe website.
Clara Sorrenti and those supporting her are hoping to open up Kiwi Farms to debilitating virtual attacks by demanding Cloudflare, one of its internet security service vendors, drop the site. Cloudflare has so far refused to budge.
In a public statement posted Wednesday, under Cloudflare CEO Matthew Princes byline, the company said that it will not drop security services for any of its customers. (The statement did not mention Kiwi Farms by name.) A Cloudflare representative referred NBC News to the blog post when reached for comment.
If the ongoing efforts to close the forum fail, experts warn Kiwi Farms target list and techniques could expand as culture war issues gain more attention ahead of the 2024 election, potentially affecting more LGBTQ private citizens or creating a national security threat with the expansion of Kiwi Farms harassment tactics to new targets.
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Geechie
(870 posts)is out these MFs. If you go to the menu and pull up members, a few of them are actually stupid enough to post their real photos.
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Initech
(100,132 posts)I can't imagine hosting a forum full of violent stalkers would be good for business.
Geechie
(870 posts)Their legal address has changed from Florida to Wyoming recently. Hmm .
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Trueblue1968
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i just finished reading it. i feel like i need a shower. this is INTOLERABLE. There is no way this should be allowed to continue. I sincerely hope DOJ is trying to infiltrate and arrest this group and if not they better START YESTERDAY. This is terrorism happening right now on our shores and it needs to be rooted out and the people responsible need to NEVER see the light of day again
housecat
(3,121 posts)LoisB
(7,250 posts)can't they just leave people alone? Whatever happened to live and let live?
xmas74
(29,676 posts)I'm not trans and I'm not a doctor. I'm just a case manager in a hospital working primarily in Medicaid for low income and indigent populations. I've screened and gathered all information bedside, assisted with propping patients with pillows and holding clipboards, even steadying hands to sign forms so I can submit emergency Medicaid and submit for full services. My thanks? A select especially nasty few have made fun of my hat or scarves, made fun of my lack of eyebrows,etc. One asked if I had cancer and when I said yes stated that cancer was a punishment from God for women like me.
They wouldn't care if a trans doctor saves their lives.
LoisB
(7,250 posts)believe in any God.
TomCat15
(3 posts)Kiwifarms is going to need a lot more server power. They were already getting slow, but this huge influx is fantastic for them.
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Update: Cloudflare, the hosting provider for KiwiFarms, has dropped them from accessing their services.
This will make it extremely hard for them to stay online.
Cloudflare had put out a statement standing by hosting the site earlier this week.
washingtonpost.com
Under pressure, security firm Cloudflare drops KiwiFarms website where stalkers organize
Cloudfare Chief Executive Matthew Prince told The Washington Post he would no longer protect the site becaause of a surge in credible violent threats stemming from the site.
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What does KiwiFarms losing their hosting mean for their online gangs future?
For one, much of its userbase has predicted this in the last week, and has moved to Telegram. Theyll keep going.
But their massive archive of doxxes and targets will be a lot less easy to find.
3:33 PM · Sep 3, 2022
TheBlackAdder
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(28,246 posts)EnergizedLib
(1,907 posts)People like this are dangerous.
Hermit-The-Prog
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(1,962 posts)This passed "culture war" a long time ago... It's now outright terrorism.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,544 posts)IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)Culture wars were what we watched unfold in the 80's with the PMRC and "indecency in music" and "inappropriate music videos" and the Parental Advisory stickers.. Over the last year or so, it's gone well beyond such things as there seems to be a real effort to get trans people harmed or murdered.
It may have started as a culture war... It's now turned into domestic terrorism.
Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)get them convicted, and lock them up for as long as the law allows.
IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)Ahhh, remember the good ol' days, when that very stable genius Sarah Palin was warning us about Russia, along with saying she could see them from her own back yard? Good times...
Now, of course, MAGA loves Mother Russia, just like their "Daddy" Drumpf does.
Also, according to at least one comment from this article: The breaking point for Gutless Cloudflare was when Kiwi Farms were trying to figure out which restaurant Keffals was planning to eat it and plant bombs there. Yeah. Bombs.
So I guess bombing is too far, but doxxing and stalking and planning to kill one trans woman is okay, Cloudflare? Well, glad we now know where your line is.
Meanwhile, this is how our "American patriots" act. Stalking, doxxing, death threats and plots involving bombs. Gee, remember when everyone was so angry about Muslims and bomb threats and blowing up places? More good times... Because now, according to UltraMAGA, doing so is just fine...
President Biden's speech was long overdue. I hope everyone's listening. And by that, I mean LibsOfTikTok need to be next. And I don't mean just throw them off social media. I mean it's time for these people to wind up behind bars like the terrorists they are.