A file photo of people carrying flowers during a tribute to the victims of a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, US, on Aug 18, 2019. Critics last month pressed tech companies to shun 8chan, which in its Twitter profile describes its location as 'The Darkest Reaches of the Internet' and has become a hotbed for white extremist content. — Reuters
WASHINGTON: 8chan, the online message board linked to several recent mass shootings, plans to restrict parts of the website during a “state of emergency”, the site's owner Jim Watkins told a US House panel in a written statement.
Watkins completed his closed-door deposition on Sept 5, said Representative Bennie Thompson, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee and Ranking Republican Mike Rogers. The panel last month subpoenaed the American living in the Philippines to answer its questions about whether the website “amplifies extremist views, leading to the radicalisation of its users”.
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