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In the same breath that the owner of 8chan made that claim (literally the same breath, he made the claim in a video), he also claimed that the gunman uploaded t
by laughinghan 7y ago
In the same breath that the owner of 8chan made that claim (literally the same breath, he made the claim in a video), he also claimed that the gunman uploaded the manifesto to Instagram first. Instagram says that's false, the gunman's Instagram account hasn't been active for a year. I'm inclined to take Instagram's word over the owner of 8chan: https://www.cnet.com/news/8chan-owner-says-el-paso-shooter-didnt-post-manifesto/ https://www.cnet.com/news/8chan-owner-says-el-paso-shooter-d...
Also, that claim was by the owner, not founder, of 8chan. The founder of 8chan now disavows it and celebrated on Twitter when Cloudflare took it down.
- nailer 7y agoThanks for posting the article. Acknowledging that the owner, not founder, made the claims. As you say, one should take 8chan with a grain of salt. However it's still worthwhile to note the claim is disputed.