Category: 8chan

8chan returns without its most notorious community

[ad_1] The new site doesn’t currently include /pol/, the 8chan board where shooters posted their manifestos. It’s not yet clear if that’s by choice, but the absence is conspicious. The community was frequently seen as a haven for racism and other extremist ideologies, and it’s arguably the main reason why companies like Cloudflare and Tucows […]

Beto O’Rourke wants to hold internet companies liable for hate speech

[ad_1] O’Rourke’s proposals would also demand that bigger internet platforms have terms of service banning “hateful activities” that foster violence, harassment, threats and defamation based on a host of cultural and physical traits, including skin color, religion, gender identity and immigration status. Companies would have to implement systems that identify and clamp down on this […]

Cloudflare cuts off extremist site 8chan after multiple shootings

[ad_1] Cloudflare has been reluctant to pull its services from extremist websites, citing free speech issues. One of the few times it has notably done so in the past, it ended support for another white extremist site, the Daily Stormer. At least 20 people were killed and 24 injured in El Paso attack, which Texas […]