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The DHS may have asked GoDaddy to take down a Mexican protester site

By Louie Baur1 min readGoogle News

Authorities in the United States and Mexico appear to have conspired to take down a political website, and the incident is being swept under the rug, setting a dangerous precedent. 1dmx.org, a site featuring user-submitted content on police abuse at political demonstrations in Mexico, was blocked from December 2013 through March 2014 by its domain host GoDaddy. Despite repeated requests by Access and our local partners, agencies on both sides of the border have refused to comment. In December, GoDaddy stated that it blocked the site in response to a request by a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Agent at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City.

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