https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan
4chan is an anonymous English-language imageboard website. Launched by Christopher "moot" Poole in October 2003, the site hosts boards dedicated to a wide ...Read more
https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/apps-and-platforms/social-media/4chan/
What is 4chan? | Internet Matters. An imageboard website, home to anonymity & an 18+ age limit posing risks for minors. 8chan. Online Safety.
https://www.darkowl.com/blog-content/chan-blog/
DarkOwl has identified over two dozen alternative chans on the darknet – not related to 4chan or 8chan – across numerous languages.Read more
https://theconversation.com/4chan-raids-how-one-dark-corner-of-the-internet-is-spreading-its-shadows-68394
Nov 8, 2016 — There are websites where people gather to share illegal images, buy illicit drugs and air offensive opinions that wouldn't be tolerated on most ...Read more
https://www.britannica.com/topic/4chan
Dec 9, 2025 — 4chan and 8chan (8kun), imageboard websites that are characterized primarily by the anonymity of their users and their loosely moderated, sometimes graphic or ...R
https://crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/mining-the-chans/
Jan 29, 2021 — What role do /pol boards play in the far-right online ecosystem and how might security practitioners better mitigate the threat they pose?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/technology/ai-4chan-online-harassment.html
Jan 8, 2024 — ... internet users, A.I. tools can create waves of harassing and racist material. It's already happening on the anonymous message board 4chan.
https://parentzone.org.uk/article/what-parents-need-know-about-4chan
Dec 8, 2025 — 4chan is an anonymous image board website where users can post images covering anything from Anime and cooking to politics and science.Read more
https://webz.io/blog/dark-web-api/imageboards-hotbeds-extremism/
Sep 19, 2019 — Read more about Imageboards: Monitoring the Hotbeds of Extremism and Radicalism in our blog post article.
https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/x5brkl/cmv_4chan_is_a_site_filled_with_lossers_and/
I actually do want to change my view on this, because I feel like I have a somewhat irrational hatred of 4chan that I don't have for other ...
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/notorious-image-board-4chan-hacked-and-internal-data-leaked/
Apr 15, 2025 — The infamous website was taken down and working intermittently, while hackers leaked alleged data like moderators email addresses, ...
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/how-the-internet-left-4chan-behind
Apr 30, 2025 — The anonymous forum thrived when edgelord content wasn't acceptable on more mainstream social media. Today, it can be found most anywhere, ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/09/25/absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-to-understand-4chan-the-internets-own-bogeyman/
Sep 25, 2014 — Second, 4chan is responsible for some of the largest hoaxes, cyberbullying incidents and Internet pranks of the past five years. Third, ...Read more
https://www.facebook.com/arstechnica/posts/while-there-will-likely-never-be-a-site-like-4chan-again-the-image-board-largely/1043198551000710/
Jimmy Vaughn 2ch, 8ch, and Kiwi Farms still exists. 4ch hasn't been the same since moot sold it. So who really cares?Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t48dXd1c3s
Forchan practically has no rules well it has a basic set of 17 rules but these are just to keep the site less dangerous.
https://liferaftlabs.com/blog/btg-chan-boards
May 24, 2023 — Chan boards are anonymous forums that exist on both a surface and deep web level used for sharing images and discussing topics of interest.Read more
https://www.livenowfox.com/news/4chan-shut-down-after-hack
Apr 21, 2025 — What we know about the 4chan hack. The backstory: Cybersecurity analyst Alon Gal, co-founder of Hudson Rock, told Reuters the screenshots "look ...Read more
https://cdn.aaai.org/ojs/7354/7354-28-10584-1-10-20200601.pdf
by A Papasavva · 2020 · Cited by 145 — More recently, po- litically charged memes, e.g., “God Emperor Trump” (Know. Your Meme 2019) have also originated on the platform. Da
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imageboard
An imageboard (IB) is a type of Internet forum that focuses on the posting of images, often alongside text and discussion. The first imageboards were ...Read more
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4chan is an anonymous image board website where users can post images covering anything from Anime and cooking to politics and science.Read more