Days after one of its members shot and killed 22 people in an El Paso Wal-Mart, the hate-filled imageboard known as 8chan is finding it hard to stay online.
In a 180 degree turn from its original position, web security provider Cloudflare decided Sunday to terminate its services with the online community. The imageboard was back online via a different security service several hours later — until another firm that service relies on gave it the boot.
The El Paso shooter was found to have posted his intent, as well as a racist anti-immigrant manifesto, to 8chan. This year alone, two other white supremacist mass killers, including the Christchurch mosque shooter, had also posted prior warning and distributed their screeds on the site. Read more…
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