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===''Fitna'' controversy===
In March 2008, "Fitnathemovie.com", a website that Dutch politician [[Geert Wilders]] had reserved at Network Solutions, was taken offline. Wilders intended to host a film he had created, ''[[Fitna (film)|Fitna]]''. At that time, the only page on the site was a picture of the Qur'an accompanied by the text "Geert Wilders presents Fitna" and "Coming soon". Network Solutions' notice stated that they were "investigating whether the site's content is in violation of the Network Solutions Acceptable Use Policy".<ref name="bbc">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7310439.stm Dutch Islam film website 'shut'] BBC</ref>  Wilders said the 15-minute film will show how verses from the Qur'an are being used today to incite modern Muslims to behave violently and anti-democratically.<ref name="spectator_interview">{{cite news|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/print/the-magazine/features/553681/a-filmmaker-who-lives-in-the-shadow-of-a-fatwa.thtml|title=A film-maker who lives in the shadow of a fatwa|first=Douglas|last=Murray|work=Spectator.co.uk|date=2008-03-12|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331230912/http://www.spectator.co.uk/print/the-magazine/features/553681/a-filmmaker-who-lives-in-the-shadow-of-a-fatwa.thtml|archive-date=2008-03-31}}</ref>

As a result of Network Solutions' decision, "fitnathemovie.com" was not available to the public on the day of the film's release.  Wilders expressed his displeasure with Network Solutions for pre-censoring the domain name.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

Network Solutions also came under criticism because although they refused to host Wilders' website, they had provided registration services for the [[Hezbollah]] domain hizbollah.org.<ref>[https://my.mirahost.com/order/viewwhois.php?domain=hizbollah&ext=org Networking Tools<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In response to these criticisms, Network Solutions agreed that hizbollah.org violated their acceptable use policy and ceased hosting that web site, as well.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

Due to heavy media coverage, many people were aware of the film's existence and the controversy surrounding its domain name.  Some were outraged by the actions of Network Solutions in dealing with one of its customers.  Freedom of speech protestors created videos commenting on the situation, and some uploaded Wilders' film to social networking sites such as YouTube shortly after its release. Protestors for both sides created their own blogs and video statements on the matter. Anti-censorship protestors took their campaigns to sites such as YouTube in order to alert others of the situation.<ref name="YouTube User">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHlRbczfl_Y Online Protesting] Social Media User Protesting</ref> On March 23, 2008, Brian Krebs of the Washington Post published an article explaining more facts related to the event. Krebs wrote that Network Solutions spokesperson Susan Wade stated that Network Solutions had received several complaints regarding the website, but she did not elaborate on the specific nature of the complaints.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/03/networksolutions_precensors_an.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Network Solutions Pre-Censors Anti-Islam Site | access-date=2010-05-20}}</ref>