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It’s time to crack down on white supremacist havens like 8chan (Opinion)
5 years, 4 months ago

It’s time to crack down on white supremacist havens like 8chan (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Karen Kornbluh is senior fellow and director of the Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative at The German Marshall Fund, a non-partisan think tank and grant-making institution dedicated to deepening transatlantic ties. While the result is an improvement, for now, Cloudflare should have terminated the site’s account back in March after the shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, despite feeling …

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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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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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'Uniquely Lawless': Security Firm Drops 8chan Website Following El Paso Shooting
5 years, 5 months ago

'Uniquely Lawless': Security Firm Drops 8chan Website Following El Paso Shooting

NPR  

'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 …

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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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