The founder of 8chan says he wishes he could 'uncreate' the online extremist forum that is popular with white supremacists, including attackers who post their racist screeds before carrying out their attacks.
in April, also posted white nationalist, far-right sentiments on 8chan before the shootings.
After Watkins acquired 8chan in 2015, he convinced Brennan to move to the Philippines to continue running the site. Brennan stopped working for the site in 2016 and the two have had no contact since 2018. Now that “the bodies are continuing to pile up,” he said he is doing everything he can to stop how 8chan is being run.
Brennan started 8chan for what he calls ideological, free-speech reasons, but its no-holds-barred approach quickly attracted a fringe user base, becoming a platform of choice for violent extremists and mass shooters.
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