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Timeline of 8chan

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| 2016 || Early year || Controversy || Microsoft releases its artificial intelligence {{w|chatterbot}} [[w:Tay (bot)|Tay]] on {{w|Twitter}}. Being able to learn from the world via the accounts that tweeted at it, Tay would turn offensive and racist in less that 24 hors, after 8chan, along with 4chan users, are mobilized to send offensive messages to the AI bot, which would be shut down.<ref name="What is 8chan, the internet"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Who turned Microsoft's chatbot racist? Surprise, it was 4chan and 8chan |url=https://splinternews.com/who-turned-microsofts-chatbot-racist-surprise-it-was-1793855848 |website=splinternews.com |accessdate=8 August 2019}}</ref>
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| 2016 || June 22 || Controversy || The image of {{w|Hillary Clinton}} is posted on {{w|8chan}}, with a background of money and a six-pointed star, seen by some as resembling the {{w|Star of David}}, containing the message "Most corrupt candidate ever". Aweek A week later, United States presidential candidate {{w|Donald Trump}} would post the same inage image on {{w|Tweeter}}.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wendling |first=Mike |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37021991|title=Trump's shock troops: Who are the 'alt-right'? |work=BBC News |date=August 26, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2016 || October || Controversy || 8chan users compile lists of journalists, then tweet out photos of the journalists with red Xs over their faces. Around this time, during the [[w:US Presidential Election 2016|2016 presidential election]], many alt right activists target journalists, especially Jewish journalists, with anti-Semitic harassment.<ref name="The Hate and Violence-Filled Legacy of 8chan"/>
| 2019 || May 20 || Controversy || An anti-Jewish thread is posted on 8chan, titled "I'm done. I'm angry. Gas all kikes."<ref name="Direct Incitement To Terrorism On 8chan – Including Specific Naming Of A Jewish Journalist For Targeting">{{cite web |title=Direct Incitement To Terrorism On 8chan – Including Specific Naming Of A Jewish Journalist For Targeting |url=https://www.memri.org/reports/direct-incitement-terrorism-8chan-%E2%80%93-including-specific-naming-jewish-journalist-targeting |website=memri.org |accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref>
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| 2019 || June || Controversy || 8chan users target and threat threaten Jewish candidate for Seattle City Council Ari Hoffman.<ref>{{cite web |title=ADL Statement on Anti-Semitic Threats Against Seattle City Council Candidate |url=https://seattle.adl.org/news/adl-statement-on-anti-semitic-threats-against-seattle-city-council-candidate/?_ga=2.113977283.51697818.1565203518-670094205.1565203518 |website=seattle.adl.org |accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jewish candidate for Seattle City Council targeted by sign-stealing, anti-Semitic threats |url=https://www.jns.org/jewish-candidate-for-seattle-city-council-targeted-by-sign-stealing-anti-semitic-threats/ |website=jns.org |accessdate=10 August 2019}}</ref>
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| 2019 || August 4 || Censorship || Being the website where the suspected [[w:2019 El Paso shooting|El Paso gunman]] posted a hate-filled screed, 8chan is down temporarily. {{w|Cloudflare}} CEO Matthew Prince states in blog post "8chan has repeatedly proven itself to be a cesspool of hate".<ref>{{cite web |title=8chan goes down after Cloudflare pulls support in wake of El Paso shooting |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/8chan-down-after-cloudflare-suspends-account-in-wake-of-el-paso-shooting-and-manifesto/ |website=cbsnews.com |accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=8chan creator wants site shut down following El Paso shooting |url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/856938/8chan-creator-wants-site-shut-down-following-el-paso-shooting |website=theweek.com |accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=8chan: far-right site linked to shootings resurfaces – and is kicked offline again |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/aug/05/8chan-far-right-message-board-hosting |website=theguardian.com |accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref>
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