#8chan has been offline since @voxility pulled support for Bitmitigate/Epik yesterday. I’ve been told the site will be releasing a statement soon to give an update on the current situation
Here’s Jim Watkins, owner of #8chan, speaking about the El Paso shooting and working with the FBI
Watkins says #8chan has been accused by “some less than credible journalists” of protecting those posting illegal speech on its platform.
Says there are 1 million users of #8chan and describes it as “an empty piece of paper to write on.” and says it is disturbing that it can be so easily shut down...
Says @eastdakota’s decision to drop support for #8chan was taken in part because Cloudflare has an IPO coming up
Wow, Watkins says the manifesto posted to #8chan was not posted by the shooter. “It was not uploaded by the murderer, that is clear.” That’s not what the evidence shows, as @IwriteOK details here bellingcat.com/news/americas/…
Watkins suggests it was #8chan that flagged the manifesto to law enforcement.
The shutdown of #8chan “has forced a lot of other people to find other places to talks. It has dispersed the peacefully assembled group of people talking. It has silenced them."
On @eastdakota and #CloudFlare Watkins sums up: "I hold no animosity towards him or his cowardly and not thought out actions."
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