‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says the Creator of 8chan, a Megaphone for Gunmen (Published 2019)

Fredrick Brennan started the online message board 8chan in 2013.Credit...Todd Heisler/The New York Times Fredrick Brennan was getting ready for church at his home in the Philippines when the news of a mass shooting in El Paso arrived. His response was immediate and instinctive. “Whenever I hear about a mass shooting, I say, ‘All right, we have to research if there’s an 8chan connection,’” he said

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4ちゃんは規制が強すぎ、我等に自由の地を！て事で8ちゃんという掲示板を始めた人が、8ちゃんが銃乱射犯人達のメガホンになっている現状を前に、8ちゃん閉鎖を主張していると（今は運営には関わってない）。