House Homeland Security Committee Subpoenas Owner of 8chan

The House Homeland Security Committee subpoenaed the owner of 8chan, the internet messaging board linked to three mass shootings this year, to testify before Congress. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and ranking member Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) issued the subpoena of Jim Watkins in order to support its ongoing probe into extremist content online.

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