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Launched by Christopher "moot" Poole in Octoberthe site hosts boards dedicated to a wide variety of topics, from video games and television to literaturecooking, weapons, musichistory, anime4cham, fitness, politics, and sports, among 4cham. Registration is not available and users typically post anonymously. The site has been described as a hub of Internet subculture4cham, its community being influential in the formation and popularization of prominent Internet memes4cham, such as lolcatsRickrollingrage comicswojaksPepe 4cham Frogas 4cham as hacktivist and political movementssuch as Anonymous and the alt-right. InThe Guardian summarized the 4chan community breeding captions "lunatic, 4cham, juvenile

Internet Matters supports parents and professionals with comprehensive resources and expert guidance to help them navigate the ever-changing world of child internet safety. Launched in , 4chan is an established imageboard website with 20 million visitors monthly and , new posts per day. But its anonymity and over age limit means that it is unsafe for teens to use 4chan, 8chan and their counterparts. Official demographics state that the most popular age group are those between 18 and However, there are multiple personal stories online of teens who use 4chan. However, it now has boards ranging from video gaming to adult content that is easily accessible by all visitors to the site.

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It has acted as a platform for far-right extremism ; [10] [11] [9] the board is notable for its widespread racist , white supremacist , antisemitic , anti-Muslim , misogynist , and anti-LGBT content. Outside of traditional news sources, users also commonly rely on alternative media such as YouTube commentary as a source of news. Flags are displayed on each post. A national flag corresponding to the user's geographic location based on their IP address may be displayed. Alternatively, users may select a "meme flag" also referred to as a "troll flag" , corresponding to various political identifiers.

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An anonymous post , is an entry on a textboard , anonymous bulletin board system , or other discussion forums like Internet forum , without a screen name or more commonly by using a non-identifiable pseudonym. Some online forums such as Slashdot do not allow such posts, requiring users to be registered either under their real name or utilizing a pseudonym. Others like JuicyCampus , AutoAdmit , 2channel , and other Futaba -based imageboards such as 4chan thrive on anonymity. Users of 4chan, in particular, interact in an anonymous and ephemeral environment that facilitates rapid generation of new trends. Online anonymity can be traced to Usenet newsgroups in the late s where the notion of using invalid emails for posting to newsgroups was introduced. This was primarily used for discussion on newsgroups pertaining to certain sensitive topics. There was also the introduction of anonymous remailers which were capable of stripping away the sender's address from mail packets before sending them to the receiver. Online services which facilitated anonymous posting sprang up around mid, originating with the cypherpunk group. The precursor to Internet forums like 2channel and 4chan were textboards like Ayashii World and Amezou World that provided the ability for anonymous posts in Japan. These "large-scale anonymous textboards" were inspired by the Usenet culture and were primarily focused on technology, unlike their descendants.

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Archived from the original on December 4, In , the installment of a word filter which changed "egg" to "duck", and thus "eggroll" to "duckroll", across 4chan led to a bait-and-switch meme in which users deceitfully linked to a picture of a duck on wheels. Archived from the original on December 11, August 12, The EditThis website did not have moderators, or the ability to delete articles. By November , 4chan made the transition to utilizing Cloudflare following a series of DDoS attacks. Retrieved July 16, August 4, Retrieved November 28, Archived from the original on July 13,

On May 14, , year-old Payton Gendron sent out a link to a select group of online friends.

August 31, Archived from the original on June 1, However, it now has boards ranging from video gaming to adult content that is easily accessible by all visitors to the site. This message resulted in the Church receiving threatening phone calls. Because of the content that can be found on the imageboard, 4chan has been at the centre of many controversies. Retrieved September 4, Retrieved July 17, September 30, November 17, January 19, Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House.