My earliest memory of 4chan was sitting up late at night, typing its URL into my browser, and scrolling through a thread of LOLcat memes, which were brand-new at the time. Back then a photoshop of ...

4chan was reportedly hacked by internet users claiming to be part of the Soyjak.Party community on April 14th, 2025. The hackers brought back the deleted /QA/ board, and temporarily granted access to ...

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This week, the internet’s most odious imageboard, 4chan, was hacked. The site, where some of the web’s worst memes, trends, and movements percolated before blowing up, is currently down.

Founded in 2003, 4chan is heavily intertwined with popular internet culture and is responsible for launching everything from the world’s most popular memes to the Anonymous hacking collective.

4chan, founded in 2003, was originally built as an anonymous hub for internet communities. Over time, it became a well-known source of internet memes, trolling, and extreme political rhetoric.

Finally, some potential good news. 4chan, the anonymous message board that’s been the breeding ground for some of the worst shit on the internet, could be gone forever. On Tuesday, the notorious site ...