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Article

22 Aug 2007

Author:
Reporters Without Borders

Go Daddy explains suspension of sites, denies political pressure [China]

Reached by Reporters Without Borders, US web hosting provider Go Daddy has denied receiving any form of pressure from the Chinese authorities. The initial story was published before Go Daddy was directly asked for a response. Go Daddy said the server hosting the Chinese human rights sites was used to attack other servers, and the company just responded to complaints from clients that were the victims of these attacks...Reporters Without Borders today called on US web hosting provider Go Daddy to explain why it suddenly withdrew hosting for several Chinese sites specialising in human rights in China... [Reporters without Borders said,] “One cannot rule out the possibility of Chinese government pressure on companies hosting websites that are already blocked in China. Go Daddy’s silence leaves too much room for doubt.”