8chan back in Google’s index after temporary disappearance

Late last week, Google appeared to be blocking links to imageboard 8chan on the grounds of hosting “suspected child abuse content.” The imageboard is routinely criticized for hosting pedophilic content, and even had its domain seized over allegations of hosting child abuse content in January.

When Ars Technica reported on the Google issue on August 14, it said only direct site searches using “site:8ch.net” would return any results—and the results that Ars received were very limited.

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