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'''8kun''', previously called '''8chan''', '''Infinitechan''' or '''Infinitychan''' (stylized as '''∞chan'''), is<!--Please do not change this to past tense without discussion--> an [[imageboard]] website composed of user-created [[message board]]s. An owner moderates each board, with minimal interaction from site administration.<ref name="faq">{{cite web |last=Brennan |first=Fredrick |url=https://null.net/faq.html |title=FAQ |publisher=Infinitechan |website=null.net |access-date=November 23, 2014}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The site has been linked to [[white supremacism]], [[neo-Nazism]], the [[alt-right]], [[racism]] and [[antisemitism]], [[hate crime]]s, and multiple [[mass shooting]]s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/04/mass-shootings-el-paso-texas-dayton-ohio-8chan-far-right-website |title=8chan: the far-right website linked to the rise in hate crimes |last=Wong |first=Julia Carrie |author-link=Julia Carrie Wong |date=2019-08-04 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=2019-08-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821023116/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/04/mass-shootings-el-paso-texas-dayton-ohio-8chan-far-right-website |archive-date=August 21, 2019 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="nytimes 20190804">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/technology/8chan-shooting-manifesto.html |title=8chan Is a Megaphone for Gunmen. 'Shut the Site Down,' Says Its Creator. |last=Roose |first=Kevin |date=2019-08-04 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2019-08-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190805070853/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/technology/8chan-shooting-manifesto.html |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |author-link=Kevin Roose |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/04/business/el-paso-shooting-8chan-biz/index.html |title=El Paso shooting is at least the third atrocity linked to 8chan this year |last1=Mezzofiore |first1=Gianluca |date=2019-08-05 |access-date=2019-08-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820031158/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/04/business/el-paso-shooting-8chan-biz/index.html |archive-date=2019-08-20 |publisher=[[CNN]] |last2=O'Sullivan |first2=Donie}}</ref> The site has been known to host [[child pornography]];<ref name="Howell2014" /><ref name="WashPost" /> as a result, it was filtered out from [[Google Search]] in 2015.<ref name="ars-8chancensor" /> Several of the site's boards played an active role in the [[Gamergate (harassment campaign)|Gamergate]] harassment campaign, encouraging Gamergate affiliates to frequent 8chan after [[4chan]] banned the topic. 8chan is the
*{{cite journal |last1=Guglielmi |first1=Giorgia |date=28 October 2020 |title=The next-generation bots interfering with the US election |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |volume=587 |issue=7832 |page=21 |doi=10.1038/d41586-020-03034-5 |pmid=33116324 |bibcode=2020Natur.587...21G |s2cid=226052075 |doi-access=}}
*{{cite web |last=Neiwert |first=David |date=January 17, 2018 |title=Conspiracy meta-theory 'The Storm' pushes the 'alternative' envelope yet again |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/01/17/conspiracy-meta-theory-storm-pushes-alternative-envelope-yet-again |access-date=October 14, 2018 |website=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |language=en}}
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No experience or programming knowledge is necessary for users to create their own boards.<ref name="faq" /> Since as early as March 2014, its [[FAQ]] has stated only one rule that is to be globally enforced: "Do not post, request, or link to any content illegal in the United States of America. Do not create boards with the sole purpose of posting or spreading such content."<ref name="faq" /> Brennan claimed that, while he found some of the content posted by users to be "reprehensible", he felt personally obligated to uphold the site's integrity by tolerating discussion he did not necessarily support regardless of his moral stance.<ref name=Howell2014 />
Brennan agreed to partner 8chan with the Japanese message board [[2channel|2chan]],<ref name="KYM">{{cite interview |url=http://knowyourmeme.com/blog/interviews/qa-with-fredrick-brennan-of-8chan |title=Q&A with Fredrick Brennan of 8chan |last=Brennan |first=Fredrick |interviewer=Don Caldwell |date=October 9, 2014 |work=[[Know Your Meme]] |access-date=December 18, 2014 |archive-date=December 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211070911/http://knowyourmeme.com/blog/interviews/qa-with-fredrick-brennan-of-8chan |url-status=dead }}</ref> and subsequently relocated to the [[Philippines]] in October 2014.<ref name=Chen />
In January 2015, the site changed its [[Domain name|domain]] after multiple people filed reports complaining to 8chan's [[Domain name registrar|registrar]] that the message board hosted [[child pornography]]. Despite subsequently regaining the original domain, the site remained at the new domain with the old domain redirecting to it.<ref name=WashPost />
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