AI trained on 4chan's most hateful board is just as toxic as you'd expectThe hyper-racist bots posted 15,000 times in one day.By J. Fingas, 06.08.2022
New Jersey Attorney General also investigating Discord and Twitch after Buffalo shootingThe suspect used online platforms to spread both his message, and live footage of the attack.By A. Khalid, 05.23.2022
New York State AG investigates Discord, Twitch roles in Buffalo mass shooting4chan and 8chan are also facing scrutiny.By J. Fingas, 05.18.2022
Something Awful founder Richard Kyanka dies at 45'Lowtax' created one of the more culturally influential websites in the past two decades.By J. Fingas, 11.11.2021
Germany synagogue shooter livestreamed attack on Twitch (updated)It's another attempt to spread violent hate through live video.By J. Fingas, 10.09.2019
New Zealand ISPs block websites hosting Christchurch shooting videoSites that don't honor the requests effectively become inaccessible.By J. Fingas, 03.18.2019
Trolls threaten laid off reporters in coordinated online campaignThey even targeted PayPal.By J. Fingas, 01.26.2019
After Las Vegas shooting, Facebook and Google get the news wrong againBoth were promoting fake stories for hours, before eventually taking them down.By E. Alvarez, 10.02.2017
Pepe the Frog is dead, but that won't stop 4chanArtists only have so much control over how the internet uses their work.By J. Fingas, 05.08.2017
4chan might have knocked out Hillary Clinton call centers yesterdayA DDoS attack used the same technology that shut down much of the internet a few weeks ago.By N. Ingraham, 11.08.2016
Expect more vote suppressing misinformation on Election Day'Text to vote' hoaxes may have been just the start.By R. Lawler, 11.07.2016
4Chan may have wiped Clinton campaign chief's iPhoneJohn Podesta's Twitter account was also compromised.By J. Fingas, 10.13.2016
Internet dumpster fire 4chan is going brokeThe cesspool of the web could implode from the most mundane fatality: budget woes.By D. Lumb, 10.07.2016
'Candid,' the anonymous chat app, enforces civility with AITurns out the internet is pretty boring without the haters.By A. Tarantola, 07.21.2016
Google hires the creator of 4chanMoot, aka Chris Poole, will bring his online community know-how to Mountain View.By J. Fingas, 03.07.2016
Dear wannabe Bitcoin miners: If it seems too good to be true, it's probably 4ChanBy J. Bond, 12.12.2013