Northeastern University: Platform for Violent Hate Speech Has Been Implicated in Three Mass Shootings. Should Regulators Step In?
August 13, 2019
August 13, 2019
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 13 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- Northeastern University issued the following news:
Twenty minutes before the alleged shooter stormed into a Walmart in El Paso, Texas and killed 22 people, he reportedly posted an anti-immigrant screed onto 8chan, an online message forum that's been linked to violent extremism. The post marked the third time in six months that a mass shooter has published a violent message on the site before carrying out an act of terrorism.
Twenty minutes before the alleged shooter stormed into a Walmart in El Paso, Texas and killed 22 people, he reportedly posted an anti-immigrant screed onto 8chan, an online message forum that's been linked to violent extremism. The post marked the third time in six months that a mass shooter has published a violent message on the site before carrying out an act of terrorism.