A man taking part in a rally against hate a day after a mass shooting at a Walmart store, in El Paso, Texas on Aug 4, 2019. The graffiti reads “El Paso Is Not Alone”. The shooter's screed posted on 8chan has gotten the messaging forum booted off CloudFlare. — Reuters
US cybersecurity firm Cloudflare on Aug 5 said the company will terminate online message board 8chan as its customer after a shooter used the messaging forum just before killing 20 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas on Aug 3.
The shooter is believed to have posted a four-page statement on 8chan, and called the Walmart attack "a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas".
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