The True Threat

Spring, 2020

8chan founder and former "king of the trolls" Fredrick Brennan is fighting a multifront war over how- and whether- to counter hate speech; here, a report from the front linesAt the outset of an interview held on Christmas Eve of this past year, Fredrick Brennan expresses some relief that our Skype session is audio only: It allows him to relax a bit more. Throughout this conversation and over two months of further Skype calls and Twitter DMs, the 8chan founder is erudite, outgoing and quick to l...