[fatima]

8chan, in its submission to Congress for owner Jim Watkins' congressional testimony today, wrote that the site "may come back online, but only when 8chan is able to develop additional tools to counter illegal content under United States law."

Watkins “provided vast and helpful information to the Committee about the structure, operation, and policies of 8Chan and his other companies. We look forward to his continued cooperation with the Committee as he indicated his desire to do so [...]"https://t.co/Phk2K198OV— Ron (@CodeMonkeyZ) September 6, 2019

[fatima]

More Watkins' attorney now claims 8chan could be back online as soon as next week, & that the tools the site mentioned in its submission to Congress to deal with potentially illegal content "are complete" already. https://theverge.com/2019/9/5/20851949/8chan-jim-watkins-benjamin-barr-congress-deposition-testimony-el-paso-shooting …

Watkins' attorney now claims 8chan could be back online as soon as next week, & that the tools the site mentioned in its submission to Congress to deal with potentially illegal content "are complete" already. https://t.co/wSWaKqamR0 pic.twitter.com/IAGSXkFSyE— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) September 6, 2019

[ez]

Well since his (8 Chan) leave of absence is voluntary, he can fire up any time now, having only promised to stay down until he spoke to the committee. Which he has.