In 2019, Cloudflare was criticized for providing services to the discussion and imageboard 8chan, which allows users to post and discuss any content with minimal interference from site administrators. The message board has been linked to mass shootings in the United States and the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand. In addition, a number of news organizations including "The Washington Post" and "The Daily Dot" have reported the existence of child pornography and child sexual abuse discussion boards. A Cloudflare representative has been quoted by the BBC claiming that the platform "does not host the referenced websites, cannot block websites, and is not in the business of hiding companies that host illegal content".Cloudflare did not terminate service to 8chan until public and legal pressure in the wake of a copycat shooting of Christchurch mosque shootings in the United States, which similarly used Cloudflare and 8chan to publish the associated manifesto.