Re:‘Shut the Site Down,’ Says 8chan’s Creator
by save_ferris on Monday August 05, 2019 @08:12AM
(#20613434)
I doubt that would change much.
And law enforcement does thwart these kinds of attacks on a fairly regular basis, we just don’t hear about them as much. The same day that El Paso occurred, the FBI arrested a kid in Lubbock who was trying to obtain an assault weapon with the intent to perpetrate a mass shooting[0]. It’s not like the feds are totally incapable.
Like it or not, relying on sigint from social media isn’t going to stop many of these attacks. 8chan is full of trolls who parrot off one another, there’s just no reliable way to determine who’s just trolling and who is serious.
Our gun laws and the purchasing loopholes that exist desperately need to be addressed.
And law enforcement does thwart these kinds of attacks on a fairly regular basis, we just don’t hear about them as much. The same day that El Paso occurred, the FBI arrested a kid in Lubbock who was trying to obtain an assault weapon with the intent to perpetrate a mass shooting[0]. It’s not like the feds are totally incapable.
Like it or not, relying on sigint from social media isn’t going to stop many of these attacks. 8chan is full of trolls who parrot off one another, there’s just no reliable way to determine who’s just trolling and who is serious.
Our gun laws and the purchasing loopholes that exist desperately need to be addressed.
0: https://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Feds-Texas-man-planning-ma...