The 4chan website is not loading for many users, according to Downdetector, amid unconfirmed reports on social media of a hack against the internet message board. Hundreds of 4chan users have reported ...

Gerald L. Chan — billionaire investor, Harvard donor, and prominent Harvard Square property owner — is under fire from city officials for the 13-year vacancy of the Harvard Square Theatre. The theater ...

Chudjak or Poljak is a type of Wojak designed to look like the 2019 El Paso mass shooter and is often used to mock a similar type of person. There are multiple variations of this character, but all of ...

There’s a scene in HBO’s new six-part documentary about the rise of QAnon in which Fredrick Brennan, the founder of 8Chan, speculates as to why anyone would want to own a website infamous for hosting ...

On Wednesday, November 9, it became possible to buy, for $8 a month, a blue checkmark for your Twitter account. According to Elon Musk, who has made the symbol of verification central to his takeover ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and ...

A recent campaign succeeded in diminishing the reach of a website that is notorious for harassing autistic and transgender people, and which has been linked to at least three suicides. Sponsor Message ...

DNS and internet security provider Cloudflare has blocked Kiwi Farms, an infamous forum known for its online and real-world harassment campaigns. CEO Matthew Prince announced the company’s decision on ...

Oscar Gonzalez is a Texas native who covered video games, conspiracy theories, misinformation and cryptocurrency. QAnon -- the far-right, pro-Donald Trump, false conspiracy theory that asserts the ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James will launch an investigation into the role that social media and online message boards played in the tragedy that unfolded in Buffalo over the weekend. On ...