Since last year, I've been obsessed with teasing apart who really owns — and finances — 4chan.

Well, I finally cracked it. https://www.wired.com/story/4chan-good-smile/

@justinling "legal filings, they allege Good Smile was responsible for the distribution of potentially obscene sexually explicit anime products and merchandise ("lolicon") and that it, unbeknownst to its family-friendly corporate partners, was funding 4chan."