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4chan is a relatively popular anonymous image board, based on a Japanese language image board (2ch) but with mostly English language users. It's administration

4chan is a relatively popular anonymous image board, based on a Japanese language image board (2ch) but with mostly English language users. It's administration are known to be quite lax with content; if it's not outright illegal to host they'll generally let it slide in their NSFW boards. To use a recent example, their Adult GIF board right now, while flooded mostly with pornography, is currently housing uncensored footage from the recent mass shooting. Thanks to the lack of user accounts needed to use the site, pretty much everyone checks their social filter at the door, and it's earned some unfavorable comparisons. Given its reputation I'm not surprised to hear it's the subject of censorship.

ShorsHammer 8y ago
There's a huge irony here in that major news outlets in Australia including Rupert Murdochs SkyNews all showed uncensored footage, some of it autoplaying and profited from doing so. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/australian-media-broadcast-footage-from-christchurch-shootings-despite-police-pleas https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/australian-med...
- codedokode 8y ago
  Were their sites blocked?
chii 8y ago
Blocking materials is the incorrect way to deradicalize people. I would further argue that by blocking it, the material is made to seem more scarce, and even more desirable for those who would otherwise not have been interested if it hadn't been blocked! Outreach from social workers and societal safety net is the best way to prevent radicalization. I see legalization of drugs as an example.
- simonh 8y ago
  I think there are many good reasons to block that video that have nothing to do with radicalisation. For a start this is footage of the deaths of dozens of people who, along with their families, have a right to privacy.
  - whatthewhatwhat 8y ago
    There is no such right. It was not a private death among family in a hospital. It was a public act of evil. You've no more right to censor it on behalf of some of the victims than you have to censor a car or plane crash, a chemical plant explosion, or a tsunami. What happened was a crime not only against the direct victims, but against all of New Zealand and all of humanity. It affects all people, as it damages the social fabric everywhere. It's vitally important that all people can avail themselves of the knowledge of what happened so that all people can help to stop it from happening again. By your logic, photos of Auschwitz and the Killing Fields and Tiananmen Square ought to be destroyed. No, we must face evil head-on, recognize it for what it is and how it works, so we may be prepared to stop it. What you propose only aids the perpetrators by obscuring their evil deeds and minimizing the murders they committed. Shame on you.
driverdan 8y ago
Nothing you described justifies a block.

ShorsHammer 8y ago

There's a huge irony here in that major news outlets in Australia including Rupert Murdochs SkyNews all showed uncensored footage, some of it autoplaying and profited from doing so. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/australian-media-broadcast-footage-from-christchurch-shootings-despite-police-pleas https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/australian-med...

codedokode 8y ago
Were their sites blocked?

chii 8y ago

Blocking materials is the incorrect way to deradicalize people. I would further argue that by blocking it, the material is made to seem more scarce, and even more desirable for those who would otherwise not have been interested if it hadn't been blocked! Outreach from social workers and societal safety net is the best way to prevent radicalization. I see legalization of drugs as an example.

simonh 8y ago
I think there are many good reasons to block that video that have nothing to do with radicalisation. For a start this is footage of the deaths of dozens of people who, along with their families, have a right to privacy.
- whatthewhatwhat 8y ago
  There is no such right. It was not a private death among family in a hospital. It was a public act of evil. You've no more right to censor it on behalf of some of the victims than you have to censor a car or plane crash, a chemical plant explosion, or a tsunami. What happened was a crime not only against the direct victims, but against all of New Zealand and all of humanity. It affects all people, as it damages the social fabric everywhere. It's vitally important that all people can avail themselves of the knowledge of what happened so that all people can help to stop it from happening again. By your logic, photos of Auschwitz and the Killing Fields and Tiananmen Square ought to be destroyed. No, we must face evil head-on, recognize it for what it is and how it works, so we may be prepared to stop it. What you propose only aids the perpetrators by obscuring their evil deeds and minimizing the murders they committed. Shame on you.

driverdan 8y ago

Nothing you described justifies a block.