Critics pressed Twitter and other tech companies to shun online message board 8chan on Monday, after it was used by a mass shooter to announce an attack for the third time this year.
Twitter was “proactively removing content that violates our policies and will be engaged with law enforcement, as appropriate,” company spokesman Ian Plunkett said. He declined to comment on 8chan’s account. 8chan, which is run by an American living in the Philippines, was struggling to stay online on Monday after US cyber security firm Cloudflare terminated it as a customer in response to the Texas shooting.
But within hours, after being alerted to the 8chan connection by former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos, Epik’s own web infrastructure provider Voxility dropped it as a customer.Stamos on Sunday reiterated his call for “responsible tech companies” to blockade 8chan by not allowing links to the site, citing its use as a recruitment tool.