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Call for cyberspace protest against 'Redwatch'

nadezhda | 04.10.2006 08:33 | Anti-racism | Technology | Cambridge

Direct action needs to be taken against right-wing extremist website 'Redwatch'.

The Guardian has a story (

http://www.guardian.co.uk/farright/story/0,,1887102,00.html)
about 'Redwatch', a far-right website which lists the names, addresses and photographs of trade-unionists, anti-racist and anti-fascist campaigners, in order to provide information for members of far-right groups to carry out violent attacks against them.

The website has numerous aliases including:

www.redwatch.org.uk
www.redwatch.net
www.redwatch.co.uk

The article discusses the legal situation of the site, which the site owners claim is mirrored on several servers. Whilst I believe in freedom of speech and I am not sure that the banning such sites is the way forward, I am a firm believer in direct action and the right to protest.

I don't know enough to be able to launch a 'protest' against this website myself, but if anyone with the know-how wants a legitimate target to practice their hacking/DoS skills, this site is perfect.

Certainly there is a web admin (cpanel) interface that could be a good place to start:

http://www.redwatch.org.uk/cpanel
or

http://www.redwatch.org.uk:2082/

More information on Redwatch on the Searchlight site:

http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/index.php?link=template&story=37

nadezhda

Comments

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They also have .org

04.10.2006 08:39

For some reason they don't mention that they also have:

www.redwatch.org

Perhaps it's in reserve in case they loose the other domains...

whois

they've just cut and pasted from indymedia!!

04.10.2006 10:41

Just had a quick look at redwatch and it seems that most, if not all the photos have been lifted from indymedia and other such sites. theres very little information there.
Not sure what the copyright law is with regards to the net is but If peoples photos are reproduced without their permission it is probably illegal and therefore should oblidge servors to remove photos.
but then the sites so bad it serves as an excellent example of the stupidity of the far right

gladys

The hate content of the site

04.10.2006 11:33

would probably be enough for most hosting companies to ditch them. It's a question of reporting it regularly whenever they move their useless drivel. Any defamatory comments or inciting race hatred or violence comes under the jurisdiction of the law. It may be worth investigating whether the appalling SOCPA can be used against these morons, on the grounds that publishing photographs of somebody more than once is harassment and 'causing alarm'. The person concerned may need to make a formal complaint, every time.

The law is idiotic at times but worth using any resources we have to make these fools' lives misery. Artful hacking would be funnier though.

Legal

Partly down already?

04.10.2006 11:45

Has some clever bod already attacked?

org.uk is already down.

org takes you to a page that mentions cyber attacks and mirrors to three other domains, org.uk, co.uk, and net

Of these, only net is working

Well done if someone's done this, and can you sort out net too please :)

surfer

my view

04.10.2006 11:50

it is a disgusting website but its also my aim to get onto it ;)

but reallyboth legal and other approachs should be made

ian

whois redwatch

04.10.2006 14:55

Mr. Simon Sheppard
PO Box 1004
Hull
E. Yorks. HU3 2YT

pchome:~$ whois redwatch.co.uk

Domain name:
redwatch.co.uk

Registrant:
White Nationalist Party

Registrant type:
UK Individual

Registrant's address:
PO Box 1004
Hull
Yorkshire
HU3 2YT
GB

Registrant's agent:
Knightsbridge Internet, LLC [Tag = KNIGHTSBRIDGE]
URL:

http://www.knightsbridgeinternet.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 20-Nov-2003
Renewal date: 20-Nov-2007
Last updated: 23-Jun-2006

Registration status:
Registered until renewal date.

Name servers:
ns.phx1.nearlyfreespeech.net
ns.phx2.nearlyfreespeech.net

potozky