Cloudflare Terminates 8chan as Customer Over 'Hate-Filled' Content

Cloudflare's move comes as the shooter, thought to be a 21-year-old male, is believed to have posted a four-page statement on 8chan.

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By Reuters | Updated: 5 August 2019 14:06 IST
Highlights
  • Cloudfare on Monday announced the termination of 8chan as its customer
  • Texas shooter is believed to have used online message board 8chan
  • A suspect's post on 8chan expressed support for the gunman
Cloudflare Terminates 8chan as Customer Over 'Hate-Filled' Content

Cloudfare CEO said 8chan has "created an environment that revels in violating its spirit"

US cyber-security firm Cloudflare on Monday said the company will terminate online message board 8chan as its customer after a shooter used the messaging forum for hate-filled content just before killing 20 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas on Saturday.

The shooter is believed to have posted a four-page statement on 8chan, and called the Walmart attack "a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas".

The suspect was officially identified as a 21-year-old white male from Allen, Texas, a Dallas suburb some 650 miles (1,046 km) east of El Paso, which lies along the Rio Grande, across the US-Mexico border from Ciudad Juarez. Citing law enforcement officials, multiple news media reports named the suspect as Patrick Crusius.

The suspect's ' hate-filled content' post on 8chan expressed support for the gunman who killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March.

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"We just sent a notice that we are terminating 8chan as a customer effective at midnight tonight Pacific Time," Cloudflare Chief Executive Officer Matthew Prince said in a blog post.

"Based on evidence we've seen, it appears that he (gunman)posted a screed to the site immediately before beginning his terrifying attack on the El Paso Walmart killing 20 people," Cloudfare CEO Prince said.

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The Cloudflare CEO's blog added that while 8chan did not violate law by not moderating the "hate-filled" content posted by its users, it has "created an environment that revels in violating its spirit".

© Thomson Reuters 2019

 

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