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Hate groups of all stripes used their websites to advertise their participation in the rally. They turned to social media to urge their followers to join them. And they used services like PayPal and Patreon to fund their invasion of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Such聽partnerships may soon be a thing of the past. By Monday morning, service providers had begun to pull the plug on hate groups and individual extremists alike.

鈥淚 woke up this morning in a bad mood and decided to kick them off the internet,鈥� Cloudflare Chief Executive Matthew Prince in an email to employees announcing his suspension of the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer.

The Daily Stormer became the top hate site in America last year, but it struggled to stay online this week after its long-time host, GoDaddy, delisted its domain on Monday. Over the course of the week, The Daily Stormer transferred its registration to Google and even to the Russian Network Information Center, only to be kicked off each provider.

鈥淐harlottesville has definitely lit a fire under some people,鈥� 澳彩开奖 Intelligence Project Director Heidi Beirich USA Today. 鈥淚 wonder if the violence marks a sea change.鈥�

Beirich is right that tech companies have been stubbornly hands-off in the past. Despite policies that are ostensibly 鈥渁nti-hate,鈥� they have rarely taken action to remove hateful content or users from their platforms.

But as the nation grapples with the violent coordination of hate groups across the far-right spectrum in Charlottesville, has shut down at least nine pages connected to the rally; , , and have suspended several extremist accounts; has eliminated one discussion community that supported 鈥淯nite the Right,鈥� and even has kicked white nationalist Christopher Cantwell off the dating site.

By far, the biggest sweep came from , which agreed to block at least 34 organizations from using its services after an 澳彩开奖 report highlighted how extremists used the platform to fund the rally in Charlottesville.

鈥淔or the longest time, PayPal has essentially been the banking system for white nationalism,鈥� the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Keegan Hankes The Washington Post. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a shame it took Charlottesville for them to take it seriously.鈥�

It is good news that PayPal, Pateron, and other tech companies are finally taking steps to curb the hate on their platforms. But to truly make a dent in the hate and bigotry online, tech companies must be more cognizant of the role their services play in spreading hate.

鈥淚f you鈥檙e not outraged, you鈥檙e not paying attention,鈥� Heather Heyer, 32, 聽on Facebook before she was killed by an alleged Nazi sympathizer in Charlottesville.

It's wise advice for tech firms in Silicon Valley and beyond.

The Editors.

PS Here are some other pieces we think are worthwhile:

• by Jelani Cobb for The New Yorker
• by Lindsey Bever for The Washington Post
• by Jack and Warren Christian for Slate
• by Jack Jenkins for ThinkProgress

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