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Update: in a move that makes too much sense in retrospect, it turns out that #8kun is most probably responsible for the death of #4chan. Remember, the former #8chan was founded as a place for people so edgy, they managed to get themselves banned from the already hands-free 4chan.

Looks like somebody took #4chan down for good. Which unfortunately isn't going to help matters much in the battle against trolls, because they'll just move to the cesspool for people too edgy for even 4chan, a.k.a. #8kun f.k.a. #8chan. 404media.co/4chan-is-down-foll…
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It is great to see advertisers leaving #8kun, whoops I meant the dead bird site. Same thing anymore, and it is time to start questing the motives of colleagues and orgs who remain there. #academicmastodon #newsmedia #musk

@catflyhigh @hateaid letztere sind duchaus auch sehr.gut organisiert.

Siehe #KiwiFarms...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms

Quasi das was passiert wenn Fans von #StochastischemTerrorismus die von #4chan, #8kun, #MumsNet & diversen #Incel-Foren gebannt wurden sich an einem Ort sammeln...

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Microchip entered court wearing a hoodie, and carried himself with a vague swagger that matched his reputation as an online troll.

That trolling attitude crept into his testimony, like when he defined the hateful and pro-fascist imageboard website 4chan to the jury as “a place where ‘internet intellectuals’ get together to discuss current events.”

When not trafficking in disinformation and hate, Microchip liked to post about cryptocurrency ...

#4chan #8chan #8kun #Gab

The worst places on the internet are getting into the AI game.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzjpn/ai-chatbot-white-supremacist-gab
#ArtificialIntelligence #qanon #GAB #AI #JimWatkins #AndrewTorba #8chan #4Chan #8kun #News #extremism

You can’t make this up.

Jim Watkins, owner of #8kun that largely pushed the conspiracy theory of #QAnon, has claimed that QAnon was invented by George Soros and left-leaning Media Matters, in a sworn testimony before the Jan. 6 committee. https://www.vice.com/en/article/93a7j3/jim-watkins-george-soros-qanon

In sworn testimony before the January 6th committee, Jim Watkins claimed QAnon was invented by George Soros and Media Matters.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93a7j3/jim-watkins-george-soros-qanon
#qanon #JimWatkins #GeorgeSoros #MediaMatters #january6committee #8kun #8chan #News #CapitolRiot #RonWatkins

@chrisstoecker Ich ziehen meinen Hut. Diese ausführliche #Historie über #4chan, #8chan, #8kun ist wirklich gut aufgeschrieben. Die Zusammenhänge mit politischen Ereignissen (auch AfD) waren mir teilweise so noch nicht bewusst.
Ich kann diesen Artikel jedem empfehlen, der sich für die Geschichte des Internets interessiert. Leider zählt auch diese dunkle Seite dazu. https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/qanon-und-afd-was-sie-mit-sexueller-frustration-und-videospielen-zu-tun-haben-kolumne-a-4ecb7d38-7d47-420e-aae0-b47cbafb3d84

[ #note ]

FINAL REPORT:
Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
(Dec 22, 2022 ※US time)

📄 https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/Report_FinalReport_Jan6SelectCommittee.pdf

#J6 #January6 #Trump
#QAnon #CapitolAttack
#4chan #8chan #8kun

FINAL REPORT: Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

[ #note ]

NYT: "In the U.S., His Site Has Been Linked to Massacres. In Japan, He’s a Star."
(December 18, 2022)

📰 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/18/business/4chan-hiroyuki-nishimura.html

https://archive.is/FkbEK
(no paywall)

"Hiroyuki Nishimura (※) has become a famous voice for disenchanted young Japanese. What he talks much less about is his ownership of the notorious website 4chan."

※"ひろゆき" こと "西村博之"(@hirox246@twitter.com)

#QAnon #4chan #8chan #8kun #ChanCulture #J6

Jim Watkins was a server supplier and business partner of Japanese bulletin board "2channel", but after a dispute with Hiroyuki Nishimura over money, he effectively took over and gained the right to run Japan's largest anonymous board, which still exists today under the name 5channel.

Researchers are considered to "QAnon phenomenon" was inspired the methods of spreading disinformation in Japanese largest anounymous board.

#QAnon #ChanCulture #J6
#4chan #8chan #8kun
#JimWatkins #RonWatkins

Speaking of which, the men behind "Q", "Ron Watkins" and his dad ex. 8chan and 8kun owner "Jim Watkins" have been in Sapporo, Japan, for several days.

https://nitter.unixfox.eu/2022_Karma/status/1602033485765816320

Probably they need to meet Japanese partners in connection with a court case against "Hiroyuki Nishimura" (ひろゆき (@hirox246@twitter.com) founder of 2channel, currently owner of #4chan) over his share of money on the Japanese anonymous board 2ch, which is a major roots of #ChanCulture.

#QAnon #J6
#8chan #8kun
#JimWatkins #RonWatkins

We need to discuss how the internet emboldens mass shooters

#News #TechNews #Technology #MassShooting #MentalHealthMatters #SocialMedia #8Kun #ConspiracyTheories

https://youtu.be/9hpdasTidW4

Daily podcast: We need to discuss how the internet emboldens mass shooters

#News #TechNews #Technology #MassShooting #MentalHealthMatters #SocialMedia #8Kun #ConspiracyTheories #podcast

https://soundcloud.com/nickaesp/mass

Brian Krebs, journalist covering cybercrime, security, and privacy, tweets:

Jim Watkins, the founder of conspiracy theory site 8kun, was testifying via recorded video to the Jan 6 committee this week when 8kun et. al. got yanked offline. Watkins seemed to blame the committee, but it was my fault. The timing was pure coincidence.

#8kun #January6thHearings #QAnon #Russia
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/07/why-8kun-went-offline-during-the-january-6-hearings/

https://twitter.com/briankrebs/status/1548032026522951684