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RainCaster

(10,683 posts)
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 10:46 AM Oct 2018

Gab forced offline over apparent tie to Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

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Source: Ars Technica

Gab, a "free speech" alternative to Twitter that's popular with the far right, has been shut down after losing service from a number of mainstream technology platforms, including PayPal, Joyent, Medium, and GoDaddy.

"Gab is under attack," the company's home page now reads. "We have been systematically no-platformed by App Stores, multiple hosting providers, and several payment processors." Gab is working to get back online using new service providers.

The attacks on Gab follow revelations that the man accused of Saturday's deadly mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh appeared to be a regular Gab user. An account with his name was "rife with anti-refugee, anti-Semitic and white supremacist posts," according to the Washington Post. One post complained about a "kike infestation."

The account's final post referred to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, which works to resettle refugees in the United States: "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.”

Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/gab-forced-offline-over-apparent-tie-to-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter/



At last- tech businesses with a (belated) conscience.
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Gab forced offline over apparent tie to Pittsburgh synagogue shooter (Original Post) RainCaster Oct 2018 OP
K&R ck4829 Oct 2018 #1
Freepers are really butt hurt over this. Kaleva Oct 2018 #2
Locking... DonViejo Oct 2018 #3

ck4829

(34,977 posts)
1. K&R
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 10:48 AM
Oct 2018

Kaleva

(36,146 posts)
2. Freepers are really butt hurt over this.
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 10:54 AM
Oct 2018

DonViejo

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3. Locking...
Mon Oct 29, 2018, 11:05 AM
Oct 2018

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