总部位于旧金山的网站基础设施和安全公司Cloudflare周日宣布，将停止对8chan的支持，此前一名持枪歹徒涉嫌向该网站上传了一份反移民宣言，并于本周末在埃尔帕索造成20人死亡，至少26人受伤
在a博客帖子云火炬首席执行官马修·普林斯(Matthew Prince)宣布，该公司将于午夜结束8chan在西海岸的服务，并透露此举是由周六埃尔帕索枪击案引发的。“在埃尔帕索枪击案中，涉嫌恐怖主义的枪手似乎受到了论坛网站8chan的启发，”他说。“根据我们所看到的证据，他似乎在开始对埃尔帕索沃尔玛发动可怕的袭击，造成20人死亡之前，就在网站上贴出了一条熨平板。”
普林斯还提到了其他一些大规模枪击事件，比如今年早些时候在新西兰克赖斯特彻奇发生的导致49人死亡的恐怖袭击，以及加利福尼亚波威犹太教堂枪击事件。
“8chan一再证明自己是仇恨的温床，”他继续说道。“即使8chan拒绝缓和他们充满仇恨的社区可能没有违反法律条文，但他们创造了一个陶醉于违反法律精神的环境。”
普林斯接着透露，结束对8陈支持的决定并不是轻率做出的。“我们不情愿地容忍我们认为应该受到谴责的内容，但我们在平台上划清界限，这些平台已经证明它们直接引发了悲剧事件，并且是非法的，”他补充道。“8chan已经越界了。因此，它将不再被允许使用我们的服务。”
尽管此举将中断8chan的运营，普林斯承认，该网站可能会“使用云火炬竞争对手”重新上线
将近两年前，Cloudflare将新纳粹出版物《每日风暴》从他们的网络中踢出，但该网站很快在一家竞争的基础设施提供商的帮助下反弹，至今仍可使用。
匿名边缘在线信息板8chan于2013年上线，第一年就吸引了大量用户。近年来，成龙多次被批评缺乏适当的节制，这使得仇恨情绪得以滋生和蔓延。今年4月，反诽谤联盟称8chan和4chan网站为“全天候白人至上主义集会”
Cloudflare的决定是在8chan的创始人弗雷德里克·布伦南周日告诉美国有线电视新闻网该网站目前“以一种站不住脚的方式”运行几小时后做出的“如果它继续这样下去，它应该被关闭，”他说。“我不想多管闲事，但他们没有做任何事情来解决这个问题。在类似的事情发生后，他们至少应该关闭董事会一周或一个月。他们让用户煽动暴力。”
U.S. COMPANY REVOKES 8CHAN'S SERVICE AFTER EL PASO SHOOTING: THE WEBSITE IS A 'CESSPOOL OF HATE'
Cloudflare, a San Francisco-based website infrastructure and security company, on Sunday announced it will discontinue support for 8chan after a gunman allegedly uploaded an anti-immigration manifesto to the website, before killing 20 people and injuring at least 26 others in El Paso this weekend
In a blog post, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince declared that the company will end 8chan's service by midnight on the West coast and revealed the move was sparked by the El Paso shooting on Saturday. "In the case of the El Paso shooting, the suspected terrorist gunman appears to have been inspired by the forum website known as 8chan," he said. "Based on evidence we've seen, it appears that he posted a screed to the site immediately before beginning his terrifying attack on the El Paso Walmart killing 20 people."
Prince also noted other instances where mass shooters have allegedly posted similar manifestos or open letters to 8chan, such as the terror attack in Christchurch, New Zealand which left 49 dead earlier this year and the Poway, California synagogue shooting.
"8chan has repeatedly proven itself to be a cesspool of hate," he continued. "Even if 8chan may not have violated the letter of the law in refusing to moderate their hate-filled community, they have created an environment that revels in violating its spirit."
Prince went on to reveal that the decision to end support for 8chan was not taken lightly. "We reluctantly tolerate content that we find reprehensible, but we draw the line at platforms that have demonstrated they directly inspire tragic events and are lawless by design," he added. "8chan has crossed that line. It will therefore no longer be allowed to use our services."
Although the move will interrupt 8chan's operations, Prince conceded that the website will probably come back online "using a Cloudflare competitor."
Cloudflare kicked The Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi publication, off their network almost two years ago, but the website quickly bounced back with a competing infrastructure provider and is still available today.
8chan, an anonymous fringe online messaging board, went live in 2013 and drew a large amount of users within its first year. 8chan has repeatedly been criticized in recent years for its lack of proper moderation, which allows for hateful sentiments to prosper and spread. In April, the Anti-Defamation League called 8chan and 4chan websites that "serve as round-the-clock white supremacist rallies."
Cloudflare's decision came hours after Frederick Brennan, the creator of 8chan, told CNN on Sunday that the website is currently being run "in a way that is indefensible." "If it's going to keep on like this it should be shut down," he said. "I don't want to pile on but they are not doing anything to solve this. They should at least shut down the board for a week or a month after something like this. They are letting their users incite violence."
