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Epstein met 4chan's founder the day before /pol/ launched

On October 24, 2011, venture capitalist and Bill Gates advisor Boris Nikolic emailed Jeffrey Epstein about a meeting with ...

Jeffrey Epstein might not have created /pol/, but he helped carry out its mission

chan combined things the sex trafficker loved, like white supremacy and misogyny, and he was close to alt-right figures who ...

4chan’s creator says ‘Epstein had nothing to do’ with creating infamous far-right board /pol/

Chris ‘moot’ Poole tells The Verge he regrets having ever encountered Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein met with 4chan’s founder just as the site’s infamous political thread began

Newly released Epstein emails offer clues to meetings with the founder of 4chan, the site known as a hub for far-right propaganda and QAnon conspiracy theories.
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4chan founder denies Epstein connection to politically incorrect board

Chris 'moot' Poole, founder of 4chan, refutes claims that Jeffrey Epstein had any involvement in the creation of the ...
Byline Times

Jeffrey Epstein’s 4chan Plan

The sex-trafficker’s fingerprints are all over the early rise of the alt-right and the far-right conspiracy movements that ...
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An AI chatbot trained on 4chan has sparked outrage and fascination

If you’re concerned about the biases and bigotry of AI models, you’re gonna love the latest addition to the ranks: a text generator trained on 4chan’s /pol/ board. Short for “Politically Incorrect,” ...