Cloudflare pulls support for 8chan after El Paso shooting

Published August 5, 2019 2:53am ET



The CEO of Cloudflare announced on Sunday that the U.S. company is terminating its services for 8chan following the deadly mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.

“In the case of the El Paso shooting, the suspected terrorist gunman appears to have been inspired by the forum website known as 8chan,” a company statement read. “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.”

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