8Chan Still Offline After Losing Another Host: ‘We Do Not Tolerate Hate Speech’

The anonymous message board 8chan, the site where the suspected gunman behind the El Paso, Texas, massacre posted his white-supremacist manifesto, has remained offline for most of Monday after a second internet infrastructure company cut its ties to the site. Here’s how we got here: Cloudflare, which had been providing cybersecurity services to keep 8chan online, pulled its support late Sunday; Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince later branded 8chan a “cesspool of hate” in a blog post explaining the company’s decision. For a brief moment, 8chan returned to the internet on Monday after securing hosting from BitMitigate, a Washington-based provider. But 8chan’s return was short-lived, after Voxility — the company from which BitMitigate was renting servers and other services — decided to terminate its relationship with BitMitigate and Epik, its parent company. The move sent 8chan back offline. (It remained down as of 3 p.m. PST.) Also Read: Why Netflix's Mobile-Only Bet in India Matters Voxility VP Maria Sirbu told TheWrap the company made its decision after being alerted to BitMitigate’s support for 8chan earlier on Monday. “We do not tolerate hate speech in any form. We’ve banned clients in the past with the same reason,” Sirbu said. “Today was business...