Second web-hosting provider drops harassment site Kiwi Farms

The headquarters of Cloudflare in San Francisco. DDoS-Guard became the second web-hosting provider after Cloudflare to drop Kiwi Farms. The .ru site, registered in mid-July, had been running intermittently after Cloudfare cut off services on Sept 3. — AP

NEW YORK: A Russia-based provider cut web protection services on Sept 5 to Kiwi Farms, becoming the second provider in two days to abandon the notorious stalking and harassment site and leaving it inaccessible on the public Internet.

DDoS-Guard said it doesn’t have to decide whether sites violate laws, and it normally only restricts access to a site in cases such as receiving a court order to do so. The company said it acted this time, however, after receiving “multiple” complaints.