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January 20, 2021 10:37 pm GMT

Antifa.com now redirects to the White House&8217;s website. This doesn&8217;t mean anything.

Antifa.com now redirects to the White House’s website. This doesn’t mean anything.

Hours after Joe Biden’s inauguration, conservative personalities are rehashing an old disinformation campaign surrounding the antifa.com website.

If you go to antifa.com right now, you’ll find that the URL now takes you to the White House’s official .gov website.

Does this mean that the Biden administration owns the domain name “antifa.com?” Or is an official antifa entity showcasing their support for the new Democratic administration? No.

It doesn't likely mean anything, since anyone who owns any domain name can redirect it to any website. A domain name owner does not need any sort of affiliation, connection, or permission from a website owner to do so. Read more...

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