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After shootings, tech companies pressured to pull plug on 8chan

By Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford

Aug 7 2019 6:40AM

Pressure to shun online message board.

After shootings, tech companies pressured to pull plug on 8chan

Critics pressed Twitter and other tech companies to shun online message board 8chan on Monday, after it was used by a mass shooter to announce an attack for the third time this year. Employing the hashtag #untwitter8chan, users urged Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to boot 8chan off the platform. 8chan, ...

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