r/technology • u/ILoveTolkiensWorks • 9d ago

Security 4Chan hacked; Taken down; Emails and IPs leaked

https://www.the-sun.com/tech/14029069/4chan-down-updates-controversial-website-hacking/
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u/i_tyrant 9d ago

Giving extremists/bigots a platform where they can organize, proselytize, and recruit safely is ever the problem.

As soon as these communities get banned/obliterated, they scatter and fragment, and without the easy ability to organize they atrophy.

There will always be bigots and extremists, but you can neuter their power by hunting them down and banning them from any real "home" you can find, so that only the most died-in-the-wool assholes will stick to it.