From "Justia": "...A conspiracy occurs when two or more people agree to commit an illegal act and take some step toward its completion. Conspiracy is an inchoate crime because it does not require that the illegal act actually has been completed. ..."
Conspiracy and encouragement to harm others by seeking agreement online by providing detailed plans, strategies, and the execution therein, as witnessed in some hastily written screeds and manifestos by shooters and terrorists, appears to cross that line.
Is 8Chan guilty as an active contributor to the horror that has occurred? More than plausible, but its liability albeit civil of punishable has seemingly not yet been defined.
From "Justia": "...A conspiracy occurs when two or more people agree to commit an illegal act and take some step toward its completion. Conspiracy is an inchoate crime because it does not require that the illegal act actually has been completed. ..."
Elements of a conspiracy here; https://www.justia.com/criminal/offenses/inchoate-crimes/con...
Conspiracy and encouragement to harm others by seeking agreement online by providing detailed plans, strategies, and the execution therein, as witnessed in some hastily written screeds and manifestos by shooters and terrorists, appears to cross that line.
Is 8Chan guilty as an active contributor to the horror that has occurred? More than plausible, but its liability albeit civil of punishable has seemingly not yet been defined.