LOADING ERROR LOADING On Saturday morning, a gunman opened fire on shoppers in an El Paso, Texas, Walmart. “ is a completely anonymous place, and that’s exactly why it’s used to stir hatred, and to tell people to commit mass murder,” noted Ben Collins, an NBC extremism reporter covering the El Paso tragedy. In an interview a couple of years …
'Uniquely Lawless': Security Firm Drops 8chan Website Following El Paso Shooting Enlarge this image toggle caption Wayback Machine/Screenshot by NPR Wayback Machine/Screenshot by NPR A Web security company is dropping its protections for 8chan, a controversial online message board where people have posted hateful screeds before carrying out violent and deadly attacks. In a statement posted early Monday morning, Web …