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Kiwi Farms: The rise and fall of a hateful corner of the internet.

There Are No Girls on the Internet

English - September 14, 2022 00:53 - 21 minutes - 20 MB
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Known for almost a decade of harassment, violence, and transphobia, the message board Kiwi Farms has effectively been shuttered.

INPUT-Tracking Chris Chan started Kiwi Farms. Will her arrest be its end? https://www.inputmag.com/culture/tracking-chris-chan-started-kiwi-farms-will-her-arrest-be-its-end

MSNBC- My experience as a target of Kiwi Farms speaks to a scary truth about internet culture: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kiwi-farms-made-internet-more-dangerous-trans-people-n1298815

VERGE - How Cloudflare got Kiwi Farms Wrong: https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/6/23339889/cloudflare-kiwi-farms-content-moderation-ddos

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