Child pornography[edit]

described it as "the more-lawless, more-libertarian, more 'free' follow-up to 4chan." [7] Boards have been created to discuss topics such as child rape . While the sharing of illegal content is against site rules,wrote that boards do exist to share sexualized images of minors in provocative poses, and that some users of those boards do post links to explicit child pornography hosted elsewhere. [4] When asked whether such boards were an inevitable result of free speech, Brennan responded, "Unfortunately, yes. I don’t support the content on the boards you mentioned, but it is simply the cost of free speech and being the only active site to not impose more 'laws' than those that were passed in Washington, D.C. In August 2015, 8chan was blacklisted from Google Search for containing content constituting "suspected child abuse content." [12]