The creator of a far-right online message board connected to three mass shootings that killed dozens of people has described himself as "naive and ignorant", likening the platform 8chan to Frankenstein's monster, with no limit to its extremism.

The website is a hate-filled rabbit hole, but Jim Watkins would have you believe it's just "a peacefully assembled group of people talking."

After it was linked to another mass shooting this weekend, even the site’s creator has said it “does no good for the world”.

After it was linked to another mass shooting this weekend, even the site’s creator has said it “does no good for the world”.

In a digital chain effect, tech providers pulled support for 8chan, illustrating a complex network of companies that are crucial to keeping websites up.

Over the weekend, 22 people were killed and more than two dozen others were injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. A manifesto said to be from the suspected shooter appeared beforehand an anonymous web forum named 8chan, which is owned and…

8chan, the internet message board known as a home for extremist content, went down early Monday morning after it was linked to the Texas Walmart shooting where 22 people were killed. It was brought down when cloud company Cloudflare decided it would no longer…

Fredrick Brennan started the online image board 8chan in 2013 as a space for free speech, resulting in a website that has come to be known as one of the darkest corners of the internet. The site's uncensored nature — where anyone can post anonymously — has le…

The forum "has repeatedly proven itself to be a cesspool of hate".

8chan is an anonymous message board that's been repeatedly tied to mass shootings. Over the weekend, 20 people were killed and more than two dozen others were injured at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas in a mass shooting. The shooter is believed to have posted a …

A website has been linked to terrorist attacks in New Zealand and Texas. But what exactly is it?

The site, where the suspected El Paso gunman posted a hate-filled screed, lost support from web security firm Cloudflare

The move by Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince could force the online messaging forum offline.

When New Zealand experienced one of the world’s most horrific mass shooting incidents in March, the source of the hate-speech that spurred the attack was traced back to 8chan. Now, it looks like someone is finally take stock of the message board and de-platfo…

Dayton, Hong Kong, Kashmir: Here’s what you need to know.

Cloudflare has announced that it will no longer provide security services to the far-right site 8chan following the deadly, mass shooting by a white nationalist in El Paso, Texas. That will open the site up to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, sta…

Fredrick Brennan created 8chan as an online forum for free speech. But after the El Paso shooter allegedly posted a racist manifesto on the site before opening fire, he wants it shut down.

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Monday. The founder of online messaging board 8chan, Fredrick Brennan, has called for the site to be shut down after it was linked to three mass shootings this year. In the latest incident, the suspect…

The hate-filled site used by mass shooting suspects may be rendered inaccessible, if only temporarily.

“It is the right thing to do.”

8chan, or Infinite Chan, is a online message board that has been linked to three mass shootings in 2019. Its founder wants it shut down.

Cloudflare, the San Francisco-based company that provides internet infrastructure services to 8chan that help keep the site online, says it has no plans to stop working with the online message board that has been linked to users who are accused of at least th…

8chan founder Fredrick Brennan (left) wants current site owner Jim Watkins (right) to shut down the message board after alleged El Paso gunman Patrick Crusius (inset) posted manifesto.

The El Paso massacre began like the fatal attacks earlier this year at mosques in New Zealand and a San Diego-area synagogue: with a racist manifesto and announcement on the anonymous message board 8chan, one of the web's most venomous refuges for extremist h…

Fredrick, you just lost plausible deniability. @fr_brennan @theCollectiveQ Q’s “Tripcode” MG7VJxZNCI, contains an easy cipher of MG7V, or MGTV. #georgenews #MarcusGoldfinch https://t.co/mur6y4yaHa https://t.co/ztBAkIZVeG

RT @jimstewartson: In 2019, a series of white supremacist mass murders were carried about by denizens of QAnon website 8chan, originally cr…

RT @jimstewartson: Psychopathic sadist Fredrick @fr_brennan started GamerGate on incel site Wizardchan, moved it to 4chan, and built 8chan…

RT @jimstewartson: Psychopathic sadist Fredrick @fr_brennan started GamerGate on incel site Wizardchan, moved it to 4chan, and built 8chan…

RT @EphraimSociety: .@peterboghossian Meredith is leaving for fredrick Brennan. Because talk is cheap

RT @EphraimSociety: .@peterboghossian Meredith is leaving for fredrick Brennan. Because talk is cheap

.@jordanbpeterson do you think Meredith should marry Peter or Fredrick Brennan

.@peterboghossian Meredith is leaving for fredrick Brennan. Because talk is cheap

RT @drummarts: Fredrick Brennan and Jim Watkins are interesting figures to stay the least Crazy how Chris Poole turned out pretty normal a…

RT @jimstewartson: As soon as I returned to Twitter, incel GamerGate cult leader Fredrick Brennan put his #StewAnon harassment and smear ca…

RT @jimstewartson: There is a criminal conspiracy to harass, stalk, defame and damage me financially. It’s coordinated by “Q” co-creator, w…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Here is Fredrick Brennan’s pinned tweet. A celebration of the lawsuit that Mike Flynn waged against me to silence me, in…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Here is Fredrick Brennan’s pinned tweet. A celebration of the lawsuit that Mike Flynn waged against me to silence me, in…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Here is Fredrick Brennan’s pinned tweet. A celebration of the lawsuit that Mike Flynn waged against me to silence me, in…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Here is Fredrick Brennan’s pinned tweet. A celebration of the lawsuit that Mike Flynn waged against me to silence me, in…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @jimstewartson: Fredrick Brennan is a sadistic sociopath who created incels, Gamergate and 8chan, wrote in the Daily Stormer and spread…

RT @Pauly0x: Here is world renowned image board expert @fr_brennan’s first article about the racism of @BoredApeYC. Fredrick is the founde…

RT @Pauly0x: Here is world renowned image board expert @fr_brennan’s first article about the racism of @BoredApeYC. Fredrick is the founde…