Monday, President Trump acknowledged the internet's role in recent mass shootings.
"The internet has provided a dangerous avenue to radicalize disturbed minds and perform demented acts," said President Trump.
Most recently, the shooter in El Paso posted a 4 page manifesto on the online messaging board, 8chan.
"The internet is a force for good and for evil," said Darren McBride, C.E.O. of Sierra Computer Group.
McBride has owned Sierra Computer Group in Reno for decades. McBride says services like 4chan and 8chan thrive because people can say whatever with zero consequences.
"If you think about the progression of the internet, more and more, millions and get on the internet, that means we need laws and rules that we didn't have back in the Wild Wild West," said McBride.
Meanwhile, Psychologist Alison Howard told CBS News would-be active shooters thrive from support of other people online.
"They're just posting to their audience," said Howard. "Getting rid of the messaging boards, making sure there's no forum for this is the way to go."
However, at the same time, police can use services like 8chan and 4chan as a tool to monitor potential problems.
"It's double-edged sword," Erroll Southers, a professor of National and Homeland Security at USC, told CBS News. "We certainly want to know what, where they are, what they're doing, who's on them, but allowing them to remain active, of course, gives them an opportunity to proliferate."
Intentional or not, McBride believes online messaging boards contribute to mass shootings.
"I think, unfortunately, they do in a sense, they give the person attention and that's what they're seeking and the press giving them attention is just another form of that," McBride said.
