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The site was [[Deplatforming|deplatformed]] by its [[Domain Name System]] provider, [[GoDaddy]] in 2021 following the [[2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol]].<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Fox News|via=[[Yahoo! News]]|title=GoDaddy removes gun forum website AR15.com from its servers|date=January 16, 2021|url=https://news.yahoo.com/godaddy-removes-gun-forum-website-023247350.html}}</ref><ref name=Lee>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Washington Times]]|title=Amazon partner GoDaddy boots gun site from its servers|author=Michael Lee | date=January 11, 2021|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/amazon-godaddy-boots-gun-site}}</ref> GoDaddy told ''[[Axios (website)|Axios]]'' that the action was due to failure to moderate content "that both promoted and encouraged violence".<ref name=Axios>{{cite web|title=GOP digital operatives aim to avoid "deplatforming"|author=Lachlan Markay|website=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]|date=January 13, 2021|url=https://www.axios.com/gop-digital-operatives-technology-b58e0162-75a6-4626-b813-da5743231173.html}}</ref> |
The site was [[Deplatforming|deplatformed]] by its [[Domain Name System]] service provider, [[GoDaddy]], in 2021 following the [[2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol]].<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Fox News|via=[[Yahoo! News]]|title=GoDaddy removes gun forum website AR15.com from its servers|date=January 16, 2021|url=https://news.yahoo.com/godaddy-removes-gun-forum-website-023247350.html}}</ref><ref name=Lee>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Washington Times]]|title=Amazon partner GoDaddy boots gun site from its servers|author=Michael Lee | date=January 11, 2021|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/amazon-godaddy-boots-gun-site}}</ref> GoDaddy told ''[[Axios (website)|Axios]]'' that the action was due to failure to moderate content "that both promoted and encouraged violence".<ref name=Axios>{{cite web|title=GOP digital operatives aim to avoid "deplatforming"|author=Lachlan Markay|website=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]|date=January 13, 2021|url=https://www.axios.com/gop-digital-operatives-technology-b58e0162-75a6-4626-b813-da5743231173.html}}</ref> |
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The action was viewed by users of a Republican strategy email group as "arbitrary and politically motivated".<ref name=Axios/> The [[National Shooting Sports Foundation]] published a message by its president stating that the deplatforming was a "dark harbinger" for discussion of controversial issues, and citizens should be "appalled by the indiscriminate silencing of opinion and debate".<ref>{{cite web|title=DE-PLATFORMING OF GUN SITES IS A DARK HARBINGER|first=Joe |last=Bartozzi|publisher=[[National Shooting Sports Foundation]] |date=January 15, 2021|website=NSSF official website|url=https://www.nssf.org/de-platforming-of-gun-sites-is-a-dark-harbinger/}}</ref> |
The action was viewed by users of a Republican strategy email group as "arbitrary and politically motivated".<ref name=Axios/> The [[National Shooting Sports Foundation]] published a message by its president stating that the deplatforming was a "dark harbinger" for discussion of controversial issues, and citizens should be "appalled by the indiscriminate silencing of opinion and debate".<ref>{{cite web|title=DE-PLATFORMING OF GUN SITES IS A DARK HARBINGER|first=Joe |last=Bartozzi|publisher=[[National Shooting Sports Foundation]] |date=January 15, 2021|website=NSSF official website|url=https://www.nssf.org/de-platforming-of-gun-sites-is-a-dark-harbinger/}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:21, 17 January 2021
Type of site | Web forum |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas , United States |
| Founder(s) | Edward Avila |
| URL | ar15 |
| Commercial | yes |
| Users | 10 million (2013)[1] |
| Launched | 1996 (as mail list) |
| Current status | Active |
AR15.com is a firearms-related web forum founded as a mail list in 1996 and headquartered in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. It migrated to a bulletin board system then finally a website which the owner called "the largest firearms website in the world",[2][3] with 10 million users in 2013.[1] The company that owned the website also manufactured AR-15 rifles and was founded in 1996 by Edward Avila, who moved it from Farmington, New York to Texas after passage of the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act in 2013.[2]
The forum was described by Politico as a significant "cyberspace" forum for discussion of the bump stock controversy in 2014.[4] The website was the subject of confusion over a 2020 Canadian government ban on an airsoft gun, leading to a demand by 170,000 petitioners for an apology to gun owners.[5]
2021 deplatforming
The site was deplatformed by its Domain Name System service provider, GoDaddy, in 2021 following the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.[6][3] GoDaddy told Axios that the action was due to failure to moderate content "that both promoted and encouraged violence".[7]
The action was viewed by users of a Republican strategy email group as "arbitrary and politically motivated".[7] The National Shooting Sports Foundation published a message by its president stating that the deplatforming was a "dark harbinger" for discussion of controversial issues, and citizens should be "appalled by the indiscriminate silencing of opinion and debate".[8]
As of January 2021[update] the ar15.com domain is registered by Epik.[9][non-primary source needed]
References
- ^ a b Swaine, Jon (2013). "Automatic for the people: America's obsession with automatic weapons". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK.
- ^ a b Melody Burri (December 8, 2013). "Business blames SAFE Act for move from Farmington". Daily Messenger. Canandaigua, New York.
- ^ a b Michael Lee (January 11, 2021). "Amazon partner GoDaddy boots gun site from its servers". Washington Times.
- ^ Valentine, Matt (December 1, 2014), "The Gunfight in Cyberspace", Politico
- ^ Snyder, Jesse (13 May 2020). "Trudeau's gun ban appeared to target coffee and a toy;Confusion Conservatives want ban lifted, apology for gun owners". National Post. Ontario, Canada. p. A.6.
- ^ "GoDaddy removes gun forum website AR15.com from its servers". Fox News. January 16, 2021 – via Yahoo! News.
- ^ a b Lachlan Markay (January 13, 2021). "GOP digital operatives aim to avoid "deplatforming"". Axios.
- ^ Bartozzi, Joe (January 15, 2021). "DE-PLATFORMING OF GUN SITES IS A DARK HARBINGER". NSSF official website. National Shooting Sports Foundation.
- ^ ar15.com DNS record via WHOIS, accessed January 16, 2021