you know, rick other than the mansplaining that i think they were trying to flex when he was, there and the fact that this was a red tie convention, what are your thoughts about the fact that ramaswamy is trying to take it, like molly, said take the mental over from donald trump? he is not the candidate of chatgpt he is the candidate of 8chan, or fortune he s basically playing to this weird sort of tech, bro slash incel demo that wants to own. it and he s playing with the sort of charlie kirk audience. and, look i get it in some ways he is yard and he wants to try to find a way to get in the vp slot with trump. i understand. it but as molly said, correctly, trumpism has infected the party so they re leave that now you are seeing a candidate with no ties to the traditional republican pat on that stage at all. and as they re trying to go out of, it nikki haley and mike pence and all the rest of them trying to go at him he has got
and you ll find racism, anti-semitism, islamophobia, misogyny, it s all there. you then see the emergence, the growing popularity of places like reddit and 4chan and 8chan. [vladimir] in a statement, network provider cloudflare said 8chan has, quote. [ali] reddit has come under fire for allowing extremism, racism, conspiracy theories, and disinformation to thrive, and it says it is working to make the site safer. [jo] but it s a near impossible task, like twitter, youtube, and facebook, keeping a massive, unwieldy, deeply influential social network under control. [nicole] the first time that the right wing extremist threat really gets driven home for most americans is the 2015 massacre in charleston, south carolina. [renée] nine black people, including a pastor at a bible study, murdered by a self-identified white supremacist
all there. and 4chan and 8chan. cloud flare said 8chan has, quote, repeatedly proven itself to be a cesspool of hate. reddit has come under fire for allowing extremism, racism and disinformation to thrive. and it says it is working to make the site safer. but the near impossible task like twitter, youtube and facebook keeping a deeply influential network under control. all units responding. active shooter, mull approximately people down. reporter: the first time that the right wing extremist threat really gets driven home for most americans is the 2015 massacre in charleston, south carolina. allowing black people, including a pastor at a bible study murdered by a self identified white supremacist because he wanted to start a race war. he releases a manifesto that makes it very clear that he has
married. have a job. and just looking at you, you don t look like a nazi fighter. if i was to read a book called tacoma nazi fighter i d expect a grizzled muscled man or woman in fatigues. half a cigar. are you afraid? are you afraid? i imagine you re familiar with the 4chan. there s a level deeper called 8chan. i learned that this summer. they re internet message boards that attract fringe groups that can share information without censorship. these are dark corners of the internet that make the worst parts of twitter look like your grandma s etsy page. there are white supremacists trying to hunt down my address. my husband and i have been nervous. we have a baby. we re not trying to be reckless. but we feel so strongly, it s time for us to show up with our faces and our reputations and
reporter: not far from that memorial site, we spotted sandra fleming leaving a counseling session. fleming was friends with celestine chaney, one of the 10 victims killed. what do you say to people who say they are fine and they think they can handle this on their own. go and get help and don t sit in the house as i did. go out and get it. i think you ll feel better. reporter: today, new york s attorney general announced she is launching investigations into social media companies in connection to the attack. those companies include twitch, 4chan, 8chan, and discord, where the accused gunman posted plans about this mass shooting about 30 minutes before he entered this area. tomorrow morning, norah, he s expected in court. o donnell: the crackdown on social media. jericka duncan, thank you. tonight, with news of a covid spike, there s new guidance from the c.d.c. ahead of memorial day s unofficial start of the summer travel season.