They both are, 4chan isn’t the libertarian dream some think it is, and yeah, it’s monitored. But it is a useful conduit for certain government teams that really like to hide signal among a lot of noise. Like electronic warfare with radar. Pretty well known they do it. So do the Russians, Chinese, etc- because the myth of 4chan is so strong. More @Wikipedia
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