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Line 21: Until February 2013, he was a director of, and advisor to, [[Niwango]], best known for its video-sharing service [[Nico Nico Douga]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web \|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-18/hiroyuki-nishimura-resigns-as-director-at-niconico-niwango \|title=Hiroyuki Nishimura Resigns as Director at Niconico's Niwango \|work=Anime News Network \|date=18 February 2013 \|language=ja \|access-date=13 March 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325042252/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-18/hiroyuki-nishimura-resigns-as-director-at-niconico-niwango \|archive-date=25 March 2013 \|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Christopher Poole]], the founder of 4chan, formally announced on 21 September 2015, that he had sold the website to Nishimura.<ref name="forbes2015">{{cite web \|author=Lauren Orsini \|date=21 September 2015 \|title=How The 4chan Sale Returns The Controversial Forum To Its Anime Roots \|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2015/09/21/4chan-sale-2channel-moot-christopher-poole-hiroyuki-nishimura/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211021/http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenorsini/2015/09/21/4chan-sale-2channel-moot-christopher-poole-hiroyuki-nishimura/ \|archive-date=23 September 2015 \|access-date=16 March 2019 \|website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> Nishimura's tenure as administrator of 4chan has been described by former moderators as letting a moderator known as RapeApe, who strongly dissuade banning users for racism and bigotry as, have full control of the site, while simultaneously ~~banning~~firing left-wing moderators.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Arthur \|first=Rob \|date=November 2, 2020 \|title=The Man Who Helped Turn 4chan Into the Internet's Racist Engine \|work=Motherboard \|publisher=[[Vice Media]] \|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7aap8/the-man-who-helped-turn-4chan-into-the-internets-racist-engine \|url-status=live \|access-date=November 28, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118014552/https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7aap8/the-man-who-helped-turn-4chan-into-the-internets-racist-engine \|archive-date=November 18, 2020}}</ref> After a dispute with 2channel's hosting provider, Nishimura no longer administrates 2channel, but instead operates a competitor to it, [[2ch.sc]].<ref name="ITmedia20140401">{{cite web \|date=1 April 2014 \|title=現2chは「違法な乗っ取り」状態──ひろゆき氏？が新サイト「2ch.sc」開設を予告 \|trans-title=Currently, 2ch is in a state of "illegal takeover" — Hiroyuki (?)<!-- translation of question mark in headline, this is not a request for correction --> announces the opening of the new site "2ch.sc" \|url=http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1404/01/news146.html \|access-date=24 June 2020 \|website=[[ITmedia]] \|language=ja}}</ref> == Career ==

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