How the founder of 8chan went from creating the 'darkest reaches of the internet' while on psychedelic mushrooms to calling for it to be shut down

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The founder of 8chan, the anonymous online messaging board that's a haven for extremist content, calls for the site to be shut down

Fredrick Brennan, who founded 8chan in 2013 but cut ties with the site in December, said it has become a "receptive audience for domestic terrorists."