{"id":2334,"date":"2026-02-14T01:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/4chans-creator-says-epstein-had-nothing-to-do-with-creating-infamous-far-right-board-pol\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T01:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T21:01:19","slug":"4chans-creator-says-epstein-had-nothing-to-do-with-creating-infamous-far-right-board-pol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/4chans-creator-says-epstein-had-nothing-to-do-with-creating-infamous-far-right-board-pol\/","title":{"rendered":"4chan\u2019s creator says \u2018Epstein had nothing to do\u2019 with creating infamous far-right board \/pol\/"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The close timing<\/a> of Jeffrey Epstein coming into contact with 4chan founder Chris ‘moot’ Poole and the launch of the \u00ab\u00a0politically incorrect\u00a0\u00bb message board \/pol\/ that became a breeding ground for QAnon and the white supremacist alt-right movement was coincidental, says Poole. In a statement given to The Verge<\/em>, Pool writes, \u00ab\u00a0The decision to add the board was made weeks beforehand, and the board was added almost 24 hours prior to a first, chance encounter at a social event.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Speculation about the timing arose after emails found in the millions of documents released by the Department of Justice showed Epstein and venture capitalist Boris Nikolic \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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