[155] The post, accompanied by an image of another man holding a shotgun, threatened a shopping mall near Beverly Hills. One user commented, "seriously, /b/. [148], Around midnight on September 11, 2007, a student posted photographs of mock pipe bombs and another photograph of him holding them while saying he would blow up his high school—Pflugerville High School in Pflugerville, Texas—at 9:11 am on September 11. [95], In his American incarnation, Pedobear is an anthropomorphic bear child predator that is often used within the community to mock contributors showing a sexual interest in children. As a result of the block, the Foundation's. ", "Friday Apple links: Steve Jobs still not dead edition", "Prank leaves Justin Bieber facing tour of North Korea", "Record label brands Justin Bieber tour vote "a hoax, "Bollywood hiring cyber hitmen to combat piracy", "RIAA, MPAA Websites Pummeled By 4chan's Wrath", "ACS:Law Anti-Piracy Law Firm Torn Apart By Leaked Emails", "ACS:Law's mocking of 4chan could cost it £500k", "Web pranksters hijack restaurant's Mountain Dew naming contest", "4chan users hijack Mountain Dew contest", "Wisconsin Man Is Charged in Fake NFL Stadium Threats", "NFL Stadium Threat: Officials Skeptical But Issue Warning", "Ex-Grocery Clerk Gets 6 Months for NFL Stadium Attack Hoax", "Man, 20, Arrested in Stadium Threat Hoax", "Man gets six months for posting terror threat online", "Pflugerville Student Arrested After Posting Bomb Threats", "Police Investigate Bomb Threat at Pflugerville High School", "Teen arrested for threatening to blow up school", "Juvenile arrested in Pflugerville H.S. [127], The stock price of Apple Inc. fell significantly in October 2008 after a hoax story was submitted to CNN's user-generated news site iReport.com claiming that company CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a major heart attack. All Rights Reserved. Trademarks property of their respective owners. Major news outlets have reported that the issue may be related to the DDoS-ing of 4chan, and that 4chan users suspected the then-owner of Swedish-based website Anontalk.com. These changes will happen incrementally over a long period of time, to allow for ample user testing and feedback. And 10 works (in my case) on 10- and 15-year-old hardware, quite decently as long as the C: disk is SSD. [13] It is provided to its users free of charge and consumes a large amount of bandwidth; as a result, its financing has often been problematic.
A few anonymous individuals went to Sullivan's Facebook profile and found his address, phone number, school ID number, school schedule and teachers, and other personal information. Search Slashdot. I do have a solution for those users even if it’s a little cumbersome. [61] As a witness, he explained the terminology used on 4chan to the prosecutor, ranging from "OP" to "lurker". [91] The Age reported that 4chan posters urged each other to "swarm" the video on YouTube and thus increase its ranking. [92] The video became an immensely popular Internet meme, resulting in cover versions by John Mayer and Green Day drummer Tré Cool. "[25], The site was launched as 4chan.net on October 1, 2003 by Christopher Poole, a then-15-year-old student from New York City using the online handle "moot". Breaking news, sport, TV, radio and a whole lot more. On July 30, 2014, an anonymous user made a reply in a thread on the board /pol/ "Politically Incorrect" of 4chan, criticizing modern art in an ironic fashion, saying: Less than an hour later the post was photographed off the screen and framed by another user who posted another reply in the thread with a photo of the framed quote.
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