Pro-Trump Discussion Board Faces Possible Shutdown

[Judi Lynn]

Ian Talley 2 hrs ago

An influential pro-Trump discussion board active in the buildup to Jan. 6 faces the prospect of being shut down by its web-hosting company for allegedly fostering white supremacist and violent extremism.

Robert Davis, senior vice president of Epik Inc., told The Wall Street Journal his firm warned TheDonald.Win it might be dropped within days if it fails to better cull what he said are discussions glorifying violence, propagating white supremacy and fomenting extremism.

“They need to recognize the critical role they play as an inspirational place rather than a hotbed of extremism,” Mr. Davis said. “Epik has no tolerance for anything that incites hate or violence.” If the site didn’t fix the problem speedily, he added, “they’re gone from Epik and it will be hard for them to get service anywhere.”

TheDonald.Win has been identified by law enforcement and analysts as an important online staging platform for the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol that federal prosecutors are investigating as a seditious act and President-Elect Biden characterized as domestic terrorism. Recent posts on the forum viewed by the Journal have included further calls for violence, including a threat to kill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about which the FBI was informed, according to people familiar with the matter.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pro-trump-discussion-board-faces-possible-shutdown/ar-BB1cOtaE?li=BBnb7Kz

[regnaD kciN]

1. "Our First Amendment tights are being violated..."

“...because FREEZE PEACH!!!!!”

[UpInArms]

2. I think media, in whatever form,

Must be responsible for what it promotes or allows to be promoted

It behooves the editor or publisher to understand how important fact-checking and source referencing whatever is done with approval; whether that approval is given by doing nothing (passive) or promoting (active).

[Dawson Leery]

3. If they are planning violence, they must be shut down.

[underpants]

4. My wife has been lurking there

They are all in and staring to squabble.

Facebook won’t let you mention it. It flagged a post in which I mentioned it name in full.

[Ford_Prefect]

5. Shut them down and arrest the moderators!

Cut off their Patreon account and burn the merch.

[nam78_two]

6. I am always curious about places like that

But too afraid of picking up some sort of malware to actually visit.