4channers are trying to prevent LGTBQ youth from getting help by flooding Trevor Project hotline
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Users on the notorious website 4chan appear to have targeted a nonprofit organization that focuses on suicide prevention among LGBTQ youth.
    • MikeTysonMaoTattoo [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Has 4chan posting ever shown up in court anywhere? I guess beyond dumdums posting their manifestos that is. Not trying to argue with u just curious

      • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I don't know of any specifics off the top of my head but shooters have definitely had their postings / manifestos / videos they shared on 4chan used in court

          • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            The FBI is definitely using 4chan for evidence, after the fact: https://www.thedailybeast.com/greenwood-mall-shooter-jonathan-sapirman-appeared-to-post-chilling-message-on-4chan-with-nazi-imagery

            the more relevant question is, why is the FBI not interested in using 4chan to stop shooters proactively

              • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                maybe they want the culture war tension to be kept high, maybe the FBI is just chock full of weird right wing mormons who just don't care about targeted minorities, but whatever it is it definitely seems like allowing this shit to happen is fine by them

                • innocentlurker [he/him]
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                  2 years ago

                  It's almost like 4chan creates the conditions to create random outbreaks of violence to keep the general populace afraid of each other, just randomly or "stochastically"