#Leakforjlaw: a similar social media prank that encouraged women to post their nude photos in support of Jennifer Lawrence.#Cutforbieber: a Twitter hashtag that encouraged young Beliebers to cut themselves to demonstrate their love for the performer.Fake bomb threats: a vast number of hoaxers have posted mass bomb and shooting threats to 4chan, prompting several arrests and evacuations.
4chan has successfully gotten a swastika to trend on Google. Google- and poll-bombing: voting or searching for the same terms en masse, to either sabotage an online vote or make a topic trend artificially.The cyberbullying of Jessi Slaughter: one of the earliest high-profile incidents of cyberbullying, in which 4chan members sent death threats and calls to an 11-year-old girl who would later make multiple suicide attempts.Gamergate has since wrecked the lives of several female gamers and commentators and spawned a larger discussion about the way that industry treats women. Gamergate: an ongoing movement to expose “corruption” in video game journalism, which was (purportedly!) drummed up by 4chan users.Celebgate: the leak of dozens of stolen celebrity nude photos, which - while no longer available on 4chan - still exist as downloadable torrents across the Web.
