Site's Ties To Shootings Renew Debate Over Internet's Role In Radicalizing Extremists
8chan is a site where like-minded people gather to talk about cartoons, Game of Thrones and neo-Nazi ideology. Suspects in shootings at a U.S. synagogue and New Zealand mosques had used the site.
by Jasmine Garsd
Apr 29, 2019
2 minutes
Before going on a shooting spree at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Southern California, the alleged perpetrator posted a letter on the website 8chan. It echoes last month's New Zealand shootings, in which the alleged perpetrator took to 8chan to announce the attacks on mosques in Christchurch.
8chan is the latest website to come under in radicalizing extremists.
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