Global InformationKiwi Farms information
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Type of site | Forum |
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| Available in | English, with an "Internationale Clique" subforum for non-English discussions |
| Owner | Joshua "Null" Moon |
| Parent | 1776 Solutions LLC (previously Final Solutions LLC)[1] |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional (required to participate and view certain content) |
| Users | 16,000 daily logins, as of 2022[2] |
| Launched | February 4, 2013 |
Kiwi Farms, formerly known as CWCki Forums (/ˈkwɪki/ KWIH-kee), is a web forum that facilitates the discussion and harassment of online figures and communities. Their targets are often subject to organized group trolling and stalking, as well as doxxing and real-life harassment.[3][4][5] These actions have tied Kiwi Farms to the suicides of three people targeted by members of the forum.[15]
Kiwi Farms' connection to several controversies and harassment campaigns has caused the forum to be blocked by Internet service providers or refused service by companies. After the Christchurch mosque shootings, some Internet service providers in New Zealand blocked the site. In 2021, after the suicide of Near, a non-binary software developer who was subject to targeted and organised group harassment by members of the site, DreamHost stopped providing their domain registration services to Kiwi Farms. In September 2022, Kiwi Farms was blocked by Cloudflare due to "an imminent and emergency threat to human life". Following intermittent availability, The Daily Dot confirmed VanwaTech was providing content delivery network services to the site, which brought it back online.
In September 2022, Kiwi Farms suffered a data breach; the site operator told users to assume that IP addresses, email addresses, and passwords had been leaked.[16][17]
- ^ Dress, Brad (September 15, 2022). "Why anti-trans web forum Kiwi Farms was erased from the internet". The Hill. Archived from the original on September 15, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
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- ^ Baj, Lavender (July 13, 2021). "Kiwi Farms Has 14 Days To Find A New Domain Host After Being Booted Off DreamHost". Kotaku Australia. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ Wodinsky, Shashona (June 29, 2021). "The Worst Site on the Web Gets DDoS'd After Being Connected to Prominent Developer's Suicide". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
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- ^ Goodin, Dan (September 19, 2022). "Kiwi Farms has been breached; assume passwords and emails have been leaked". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ^ Holt, K. (September 19, 2022). "Kiwi Farms says someone hacked its website". Engadget. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.