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

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

Pressure to shun online message board.

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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