Dangerous Websites
Although there are many different websites that could hack, influence, or mislead you or a unknowing victim today we'll be focusing on a forum website that you've probably heard of considering the attention it got from trolling and plenty of other things, 4chan.4chan was created on October 1, 2003 by a man named Christopher Poole, who was 15 when he made the site. After creating it he went to other forum websites and advertised it as a place to talk about interests they shared mostly anime and manga. Near the end of that year some anime-related board were added with inappropriate concepts but were all deleted after Poole got threats of people planning to get the law involved.
Probably the worst part of all of it is that 4chan gives you the option to post something anonymously. People took advantage of this and started to post unsettling things, someone going as far as posting a freshly killed dead body and pornography. However most people posting these things were never caught.
Later on people starting posting boards of non anime-related things like sports, fashion, video games, and even weapons. The website later began being known for meme-culture but still includes things that are not appropriate for children and sometimes starts controversy for possibly offensive jokes, threats of violence, racism, and harassment.
Overall 4chan is not made for kids, yes the website has improved but it still contains so much stuff that is toxic and extremely inappropriate. Children should not be allowed on this website and I would advise to avoid it.
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