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8chan Is Trying To Come Back As '8kun.' Its Founder Is Trying To Stop It.
5 years, 2 months ago

8chan Is Trying To Come Back As '8kun.' Its Founder Is Trying To Stop It.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING For almost three months, QAnon conspiracy theorists have been anxiously awaiting the return of 8chan, the defunct, extremist-friendly message board that’s integral to their far-right fringe movement. 8chan owner Jim Watkins, a rumored QAnon supporter himself, has been trying to fill his site’s void in recent weeks by resurrecting it as “8kun.” But behind the scenes, anti-extremism …

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8chan owner heading to US as lawmakers seek answers
5 years, 5 months ago

8chan owner heading to US as lawmakers seek answers

Associated Press  

BOSTON — The owner of the online message board 8chan says he’s headed shortly to the United States, where lawmakers want to question him on his site’s use as a megaphone by violent white supremacists. 8chan was effectively knocked offline Monday after two companies cut off vital technical services in response to word that the gunman who killed 22 people …

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8chan owner called in to testify before US govt in wake of El Paso shooting
5 years, 5 months ago

8chan owner called in to testify before US govt in wake of El Paso shooting

Firstpost  

The El Paso shooter’s manifesto is at least the third act of extremist violence directly linked to 8chan. The owner of 8chan, an online message board at the centre of controversy following the recent shootings in El Paso, Texas, has been called to testify before govt officials in the US. As per the summons from the US Congress, the El …

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Inside the dark web scramble to get 8chan back online, led by tech companies hiding in the shadows
5 years, 5 months ago

Inside the dark web scramble to get 8chan back online, led by tech companies hiding in the shadows

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Another internet firm, Tucows, which helps companies register their web addresses, also pulled its support for 8chan …

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Online providers knock 8chan offline after mass shooting
5 years, 5 months ago

Online providers knock 8chan offline after mass shooting

Associated Press  

BOSTON — The online message board 8chan was effectively knocked offline Monday after two companies cut off vital technical services following the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, whose perpetrator was linked to the site. Late Sunday, the security company Cloudflare announced it was cutting off the message board, which has a history of use by violent extremists, for being …

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AP Explains: What is the online forum 8chan?
5 years, 5 months ago

AP Explains: What is the online forum 8chan?

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — An anonymous online forum called 8chan has drawn attention in the wake of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio because violent U.S. extremists have used it to share tips and encourage one another. The site suffered sporadic outages Monday after its cybersecurity provider cut off support for what it called a “cesspool of hate.” WHAT IS 8CHAN? …

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Cloudflare terminates 8chan as customer on 'hate-filled' content after El Paso massacre
5 years, 5 months ago

Cloudflare terminates 8chan as customer on 'hate-filled' content after El Paso massacre

The Hindu  

U.S. cyber security firm Cloudflare on Monday said it would terminate online message board 8chan as a customer after a gunman used the messaging forum prior to killing 20 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas on Saturday. The gunman is believed to have posted a four-page statement on 8chan, and called the Walmart attack “a response to …

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How 8chan Became A Breeding Ground For Violent Extremism
5 years, 5 months ago

How 8chan Became A Breeding Ground For Violent Extremism

Huff Post  

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 …

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Web security provider Cloudflare pulls support for 'lawless' message board 8chan
5 years, 5 months ago

Web security provider Cloudflare pulls support for 'lawless' message board 8chan

Daily Mail  

The site has become a hot bed of extremist content, with users posting messages celebrating mass killings Web infrastructure firm Cloudflare is suspending its services for 8chan, the notorious message board website where authorities say accused El Paso mass shooter Patrick Crusius uploaded a racist manifesto before a killing spree. https://t.co/ZsctDpswM5 — Matthew Prince 🌥 August 5, 2019 The company's …

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8chan link to El Paso shooting is at least the third atrocity this year where a suspect is believed to have used the site
5 years, 5 months ago

8chan link to El Paso shooting is at least the third atrocity this year where a suspect is believed to have used the site

CNN  

CNN — Saturday’s shooting in El Paso is at least the third atrocity this year where a suspect is believed to have posted to 8chan in advance of an attack. In the four-page document on 8chan, the author wrote: “I’m probably going to die today.” A CNN analysis found it was posted less than 20 minutes before police received the …

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A gunman slaughtered 11 Jewish worshippers. Then people hunted for hate online
5 years, 7 months ago

A gunman slaughtered 11 Jewish worshippers. Then people hunted for hate online

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This article addresses hateful language that, while upsetting to many, is necessary to report what we found. But Googling “I hate Jews” takes you to a variety of pages ranging from a Wikipedia entry about self-hating Jews to an article about a Vice co-founder, who left the company more than a decade ago, launching into a rant about …

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Man who shot at Muslims at New Zealand mosque told people to subscribe to Pewdiepie in livestream
5 years, 9 months ago

Man who shot at Muslims at New Zealand mosque told people to subscribe to Pewdiepie in livestream

India Today  

People at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, were targeted by multiple gunmen in an apparent hate crime on Friday. The result has been that chants of "subscribe to Pewdiepie " have become a meme, particularly among people active in toxic online communities. In the last one year we have seen hackers defacing websites with "subscribe to Pewdiepie" message and …

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