While the majority of the population of the world vision responded to the terrorist attack in New Zealand, applaudisseerden some extremists for the shooter. That happened on the online message board 8chan, the same website where the offender plans announced and his manifesto published.
“I’ve never been this happy,” said an anonymous user on 8chan as a response to the attack on two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. “I am also ready to fight,” writes another. “Who shall I kill?”, ask someone else. the
While social media such as Facebook and Twitter, the sounds and images of the horrific shooting rampage tried to ban, was the message on 8chan soon to be viral, praising reactions including. In addition, encouraging online users to each other for similar attacks.
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8chan is open to everyone and visitors enter the site at will. They can post messages, photos and videos, but also respond to the messages of other users. The person who the message wrote, manages. Website maintenance is for the rest minimal, or even non-existent, very different than Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. For that reason, circulated there in the past child pornography.
To make the story complete: the owner and administrator of 8chan “is not responsible for the content that users upload”.
Tactics of
According to the online experts seem to be the messages after the attack very hard on the tactics that Islamic State (IS) uses. They do appeal to followers worldwide through video messages and (fake) news. The biggest difference? The ambitions of both parties: on 8chan aim a few anonymous users to the so-called white supremacy in which people with a light skin as superior to be considered. Islamic State wanted a moslimkalifaat found.
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