The video game adapting the purported Christchurch footage is still being shared online. Modeled on other so-called first-person-shooter games, it tracks a gunman who enters a mosque, drawing a gun and killing anyone in his path. Scores of boards on 8Chan are devoted to Mr. Tarrant, including forums lionizing him as St. Tarrant. “You have these toxic communities trying to infect more mainstream congregations with xenophobia, Islamophobia and threats of mass violence,” Mr. Decker said. “The fact that it moves across platforms allows users to notify law enforcement.

Source: New York Times July 05, 2019 18:56 UTC