Posted on 08/04/2019 10:01:59 PM PDT by Skywise
The mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio are horrific tragedies. In the case of the El Paso shooting, the suspected terrorist gunman appears to have been inspired by the forum website known as 8chan. Based on evidence we've seen, it appears that he posted a screed to the site immediately before beginning his terrifying attack on the El Paso Walmart killing 20 people.
Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. Nearly the same thing happened on 8chan before the terror attack in Christchurch, New Zealand. The El Paso shooter specifically referenced the Christchurch incident and appears to have been inspired by the largely unmoderated discussions on 8chan which glorified the previous massacre. In a separate tragedy, the suspected killer in the Poway, California synagogue shooting also posted a hate-filled “open letter” on 8chan. 8chan has repeatedly proven itself to be a cesspool of hate.
8chan is among the more than 19 million Internet properties that use Cloudflare's service. We just sent notice that we are terminating 8chan as a customer effective at midnight tonight Pacific Time. The rationale is simple: they have proven themselves to be lawless and that lawlessness has caused multiple tragic deaths. Even if 8chan may not have violated the letter of the law in refusing to moderate their hate-filled community, they have created an environment that revels in violating its spirit.
(Excerpt) Read more at new.blog.cloudflare.com ...
CloudFlare is both a hosting company and a "content distributor" source. They copy and relay content to servers worldwide to facilitate faster webpage loading times (so you're not in California trying to load a document from London - a copy is cached nearyby in California). They've claimed NOT to be the internet watchdog nor do they want to to "police the internet" but they've steadily and progressively begun denying service to more and more right wing sites while leaving leftist sites with just as much bile and hate speech and cries for violence (AntiFa) untouched.
Things seem to be OK on Qresearch: “This is just a bump in the road. Expect some downtime as we update our servers over the next few hours.”
The deep state has been trying to take them down for months. That includes a frame job. It sounds like this is only going to end up being a blip in the time line.
The computer people are way smarter than the guvmint people. And censor types. China and Iran are learning this
The Obama Administration spent 150 million to buy their way onto the board of #Cloudflare.
https://gab.com/NeonRevolt/posts/102562432003055745
Actually, the Qresearch seems better without Cloudflare. The spam posting of antisemitic propaganda is way down. Perhaps the bots were actually hosted on Cloudflare and are now disabled.
I think that is just a standard message. The next few hours might be forever.
Do they do the same thing to jihadis
Does anyone know
Your post 5: MUST-READ BUMP
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The Obama Administration spent 150 million to buy their way onto the board of #Cloudflare.
https://gab.com/NeonRevolt/posts/102562432003055745
HA HA, we’re over the target!
CGato
“and that lawlessness has caused multiple tragic deaths.” -— Seems a bit insane to say 8chan caused the murders.
The argument was around the time of Bush they wanted to monitor them so they let them be. I did go to some of their sites they're no longer there. I don't know where they moved but I know they had to move.
I think this one way censorship has contributed to these random acts of violence. It frustrates those with legitimate grievances that are ignored or stifled by the MSM.
CloudFlare is a business, right? So then CloudFlare is free to make these decisions about its own business.
If they all post to Youtube.com instead, will they shut youtube down?
“I think this one way censorship has contributed to these random acts of violence. It frustrates those with legitimate grievances that are ignored or stifled by the MSM.”
That was CLEARLY the case with the Norway mass shooter. In Europe, openly criticizing the transition of societies that were once ethnically European to majority Islamic is now treated as a ‘hate crime’, putting one’s livelihood, assets, employment, and freedom at risk.
At this point in Europe, less than 10% of ethnic Europeans want to continue the transition*, but they are considered CRIMINALS of they speak too loudly to that effect. It can’t end well.
*not that they actually wanted to start the transition (they didn’t know better at the time), but now that they’re seeing the end-game, they want it stopped.
Not when it’s a defacto monopoly
As soon as Christian bakers are allowed to refuse service as well with the same protections then I’ll support your assertion. Otherwise - I’ll continue to play by the leftists rules.
well instead of having more law enforcement monitor the site where shooters give a “head ups”....
They just shut the site down and now shooters will still shoot but won’t leave any tips in advance
that will really help (/s)
Im tired of reading different spins on the el paso shooter manifesto? Is it on line somewhere in full? Does anyone know?
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