The impact of false reports forced the Texas anti-abortion "whistleblower" website to shut down again

The whistleblower website, owned by the Texas anti-abortion group Right to Life, has been forced to shut down again after a violent onslaught from protesters across the United States. While the group claims it will go live again, the exact timeline is unclear. As for the outrage-fueled Whistleblower website, which is designed to encourage people to report any suspect who might violate the state's newly enacted restricted abortion bill, it apparently also opens the door to costly lawsuits and false accusations.

Earlier, the Texas Right to Life website had been compromised by a bug that caused the resumes and detailed personal information of more than 300 candidates to be leaked.

But after patching the site over the weekend, former hosting provider GoDaddy asked the organization to look for another hosting platform within 24 hours for violating the terms of service.

In addition, in the last round of shocks, angry netizens across the United States have successfully overloaded and paralyzed the "whistleblower" website by means of a huge number of false revelations (and setting up robots to send spam) to dilute the protection of those victims who have been really reported.

When the Whistleblower website first went live, many complained that they had received an error or warning message. Apparently, to reduce fake reports, the site has tried to block users who use virtual private networks to go after it.

But the Whistleblower website doesn't seem to have survived the second round, and now visits will be redirected to Texas Right to Life's main business, rather than form filling pages.

In a statement to CBS, the group claimed the move was to implement "additional security protocols" (but no further details were disclosed) and would "soon" resume the launch of the Whistleblower's website.