House lawmakers demand 8chan owner testify on El Paso manifesto

The fringe website, known as a haven for white nationalists, has faced a wave of scrutiny after the El Paso shooting on Saturday, which left 22 dead.

Leaders of the House Homeland Security committee on Tuesday called on the owner of 8chan to testify on his website's handling of racist and violent messages, after the alleged gunman in the El Paso mass shooting was linked to an anti-immigrant screed on the site prior to the attack.

It’s at least the third incident this year in which manifestos tied to mass shootings have popped up on 8chan. “Americans deserve to know what, if anything, you, as the owner and operator, are doing to address the proliferation of extremist content on 8chan,” Thompson and Rogers added.

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