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01-16-2023, 12:33 AM
At least three mass shootings this year — including one in El Paso — have been announced in advance on the online message board 8chan, often accompanied by racist writings. We look at the battle over shutting down the site. Guests: Kevin Roose (https://www.nytimes.com/by/kevin-roose), who writes about technology for The New York Times, spoke with Fredrick Brennan, the founder of 8chan. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily).
Background reading:
Fredrick Brennan started 8chan as a free speech utopia. But the site became known as something else (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/technology/8chan-shooting-manifesto.html?smid=pc-thedaily): a megaphone for mass shooters, and a recruiting platform for violent white nationalists.
Several tech providers pulled support for 8chan, temporarily taking the site offline. The decision to do so was not a straightforward one (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/technology/8chan-cloudflare-el-paso.html?smid=pc-thedaily) for the security company Cloudflare.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)
Background reading:
Fredrick Brennan started 8chan as a free speech utopia. But the site became known as something else (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/technology/8chan-shooting-manifesto.html?smid=pc-thedaily): a megaphone for mass shooters, and a recruiting platform for violent white nationalists.
Several tech providers pulled support for 8chan, temporarily taking the site offline. The decision to do so was not a straightforward one (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/technology/8chan-cloudflare-el-paso.html?smid=pc-thedaily) for the security company Cloudflare.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)