A key House committee has subpoenaed the owner of 8chan, an online message board favored by violent white nationalists including the man suspected of killing 22 people in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson and the panel�s top Republican announced the subpoena Wednesday, saying that �at least three acts of deadly white supremacist extremist violence have been linked to 8chan in the last six months.�
The El Paso shooter along with the gunman accused of killing 51 worshippers at a New Zealand mosque and the man accused of terrorizing a synagogue in Poway, California, all posted hateful screeds on 8chan before committing their crimes.
Thompson and GOP Rep. Mike Rogers say it�s crucial to examine what can be done to counter the trend. The subpoena asks owner Jim Watkins to appear Sept. 5 for a deposition.
(AP)
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That’s good. But how about law enforcement showing up at his door with a search warrant?
Search warrant for what? Everything on the board is protected by the first amendment. And the law says a platform is not responsible for user-provided content.
rt, this is America not Communist Russia or China. It seems you have affinity to totalitarian regimes.