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Re:Google admits citing 4chan to spread fake Vegas shooter news by tomjakubowski on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:50PM (#15411629)
> 4chan has had useful research on a number of occasions.

Like what?

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Re:Google admits citing 4chan to spread fake Vegas shooter news by cisanti on Thursday October 05, 2017 @08:04PM (#15413512)
I believe one antifa member who broke the head of some protester with a bike was identified by 4chan using various interesting and crazy methods. These threads are archived. Police actually admitted using that information and arrested a university teacher (!!!) thanks to that info.
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Re:Google admits citing 4chan to spread fake Vegas shooter news by KekDemaga on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:54PM (#15411660)
They found a isis training camp: https://imgur.com/gallery/NpC7k
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Re:Google admits citing 4chan to spread fake Vegas shooter news by doktrin on Thursday October 05, 2017 @03:02PM (#15411723)
> They found a isis training camp

From the text : "These guys weren't ISIS, just opposing Assad and Russia."

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