Shanks called on the media to report responsibly on the shooter’s manifesto. Creating an easily distributed media kit is now part and parcel of white supremacist attacks, and as the conviction of white supremacist Phillip Neville Arps, who commissioned and shared a gamified ‘high score’ version of the Christchurch attack video shows, the acolytes are ready and willing.Ĭhief Censor David Shanks told The Spinoff his office has not yet made a decision to ‘call in’ the manifesto for classification, however that didn’t mean the document was harmless. While the shooter’s original post on 8chan is gone, his manifesto has been widely disseminated outside the confines of the message board – it ended with a request that his “brothers” “do their part” and share the document widely. People gather to lay flowers outside the Botanic Gardens on Main Christchurch, New Zealand. “In taking this action we’ve solved our own problem, but we haven’t solved the internet’s.”Īmazon, which indirectly funds 8chan by providing owner Jim Watkins with a platform to sell audiobooks, has remained silent. “While removing 8chan from our network takes the heat off of us, it does nothing to address why hateful sites fester online,” they said. CloudFlare had previously argued it had a moral imperative to keep 8chan within their network as it meant they were able to monitor violent activity and assist law enforcement.
Today CloudFlare, who until now had protected the site from DDoS attacks from internet vigilantes, announced they would no longer retain 8chan as a client. Even Fredrick Brennan, who created 8chan after 4chan moderators ruled that hounding suicidal women was no longer acceptable, has distanced himself from the site and called for it to be shut down. This year alone there have been three attacks announced on the messageboard. The moderators of 8chan have had plenty of practice pulling down terrorist manifestos. His tactics were criticised and suggestions were made on how it could be improved on. His choice of weaponry and ammunition was scrutinised like a Call of Duty loadout. The El Paso shooter’s manifesto, posted to the site shortly before the attacks commenced, was picked over and dissected. The “kill count” of the El Paso shooter was compared to that of the Christchurch shooter, who announced his attack on 8chan before livestreaming the killings on Facebook in a videogame point-of-view. A sign near the scene of a mass shooting on Augin El Paso, Texas.
The board was split in most part between those who celebrated the El Paso shooter, calling him “our guy” and anointing him “a saint” on par with the Christchurch shooter, and those who supported the attacks but questioned his possible Jewish heritage.
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