<s>
NearlyFreeSpeech	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
privately	O
funded	O
,	O
US-based	O
,	O
low	O
cost	O
web	O
hosting	O
provider	O
and	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrar	I-Application
that	O
began	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2006	O
,	O
Jeffrey	O
D	O
.	O
Wheelhouse	O
registered	O
the	O
NearlyFreeSpeech	B-Protocol
trademark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2008	O
,	O
Michael	O
Hemmingson	O
of	O
San	O
Diego	O
Reader	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Frontier	O
Foundation	O
suggested	O
using	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
NearlyFreeSpeech.net	O
and	O
Tor	B-Application
software	O
to	O
avoid	O
being	O
fired	O
for	O
blogging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
in	O
"	O
Twitter	B-Application
Application	O
Development	O
For	O
Dummies	O
"	O
,	O
Dusty	O
Reagan	O
recommended	O
Nearly	O
Free	O
Speech	O
for	O
learning	O
PHP	B-Application
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Nearly	O
Free	O
Speech	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
low-cost	O
promotion	O
involving	O
the	O
posting	O
of	O
indie	O
Zelda-alike	O
game	O
Anodyne	B-Application
on	O
The	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Bay	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kevin	O
Newcomb	O
of	O
clickz.com	O
wrote	O
that	O
Texas-based	O
NearlyFreeSpeech.net	O
spokesman	O
Jeff	O
Wheelhouse	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET	O
supports	O
and	O
defends	O
the	O
free	O
expression	O
rights	O
of	O
www.bugmenot.com	O
and	O
all	O
our	O
members	O
to	O
the	O
very	O
limit	O
of	O
its	O
terms	O
of	O
service.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Ali	O
Breland	O
of	O
theHill.com	O
described	O
how	O
NearlyFreeSpeech	B-Protocol
's	O
commitment	O
was	O
tested	O
in	O
the	O
2012	O
badger	O
culling	O
website	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
also	O
quoted	O
the	O
CEO	O
of	O
alt-right	O
Twitter	B-Application
alternative	O
Gab	O
,	O
who	O
said	O
that	O
NearlyFreeSpeech	B-Protocol
might	O
be	O
a	O
"	O
safe	O
haven	O
"	O
for	O
his	O
website	O
after	O
their	O
web	O
host	O
gave	O
them	O
five	O
days	O
to	O
transfer	O
their	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
in	O
Media	O
Law	O
,	O
Ethics	O
,	O
and	O
Policy	O
in	O
the	O
Digital	O
Age	O
,	O
NearlyFreeSpeech	B-Protocol
's	O
policy	O
of	O
not	O
shutting	O
down	O
site	O
services	O
without	O
a	O
court	O
order	O
made	O
them	O
the	O
hosting	O
choice	O
for	O
Crocels	O
News	O
after	O
other	O
services	O
shutdown	O
their	O
services	O
during	O
a	O
defamation	O
dispute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
NearlyFreeSpeech	B-Protocol
published	O
a	O
statement	O
on	O
their	O
response	O
to	O
a	O
surge	O
in	O
business	O
and	O
communications	O
from	O
"	O
racists.	O
"	O
</s>
