Hosting company ``Epik'', which has lent servers to image bulletin board ``8chan'' and SNS ``Parler'' used in the Capitol attack, is acquired by ``Registered Agents Inc.''

Epik, a company that operates as a domain registrar and web hosting provider, has been acquired by registered agent Registered Agents Inc.

Registered Agents Inc Acquires Epik - Epik.com
https://www.epik.com/about/pressreleases/registered-agents-inc-acquires-epik/

Epik is known for hosting several websites that took the internet by storm. For example, in 2019, when Cloudflare discontinued the service of the image bulletin board 8chan, which was used to warn of mass shootings, Epik temporarily took over hosting.

The image bulletin board '8chan', which was used to warn of a mass shooting incident and was hand-cut by Cloudflare, is restored but immediately stopped - GIGAZINE

In addition, Epik has changed the hosting service for Parler, the SNS that was used as a means of communication when former President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the US Capitol in 2021, after AWS stopped providing the hosting service. I was taking over.

SNS 'Parler' which was excluded from Apple, Google and Amazon and whose service was suspended is back - GIGAZINE

According to Epik's announcement, Epik actively worked to remove regulatory violating websites from its platform upon acquisition. Through this, Epik claims that it has been able to build relationships of trust with small and medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurs.

Registered Agents Inc., which acquired Epik, is a company that provides commercial registration agency services to companies. Registered Agents Inc. says that by acquiring Epik, it will be able to provide ``a service to launch a website at the start of a business.''

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