Owner of 8chan called before US Congress, as latest host drops site
Committee wants Jim Watkins to testify about the message board’s efforts to stem white supremacist content
07 August 2019 - 10:34
San Francisco — Online message board 8chan’s fortunes worsened on Tuesday, as it was once again made homeless by a technical services provider and its owner was called to testify to the US Congress after 8chan was linked to a weekend mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.
The House of Representatives homeland security committee demanded that owner Jim Watkins, an American living in the Philippines, testify about 8chan’s efforts to tackle “the proliferation of extremist content, including white supremacist content”...
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