Episode 2
Sunday 25 August 2019
Infinite Evil is a compelling yet terrifying portrait of the site which describes itself as "the darkest reaches of the Internet", an anonymous haven for extremists who vow to continue - whatever attempts are made to shut them down. March 15, 2019, changed everything about our understanding of the real world impact of online hate. A shooter opens fire at two Christchurch mosques - killing 51 people. On an online image board called 8chan, the shooter's actions were anticipated, celebrated and amplified. What was this site, also known as Infinity Chan? Who's responsible for the racist, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, misogynist material it spreads? Stuff Circuit journalists traveled to the United States and the Philippines in search of answers.