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4chan Uses Bing to Flood the Internet With Racist Images (www.404media.co)
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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

“We’re making propaganda for fun. Join us, it’s comfy,” the 4chan thread instructs. “MAKE, EDIT, SHARE.”

It's just some random fun, guys; it's not at all a coordinated campaign by white supremacist fascists to inundate people with racist and fascist propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

No, it's the next insidious plot of the notorious hacker known as 4chan.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We’re making propaganda... Join us... the 4chan thread instructs

So the campaign is coordinated

4chan

The visual guide instructs potential posters to create images that are “Funny, provocative. Redpilling message (Jews involved in 9/11). Easy to Understand.” Under an image that shows a crying Pepe the frog with a needle next to its arm and a gun pointed to his head, the guide says “vaccines enforced by violence.” Under an AI-generated image of two Black men with gold chains chasing a white woman, the guide said “redpilling message (migrant crime in scandinavia).”

So they're white supremacist fascists

MAKE, EDIT, SHARE

So they are inundating people with it

whether you think it's random fun or not is subjective, but the way they've described it is accurate.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I'm fairly sure they were being sarcastic ^^

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

/b/ (or /pol/) exploiting a loophole in a webservice for teh lulz, more news at 11.