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“Everyone thinks they have all the answers when it comes to moderating, but Gab is the one with Congress down our backs and the nation state of Germany threatening us along with the entire mainstream press, activist groups with war chests in the hundreds of millions, and other bad actors attacking us constantly. “Do you want this website to stay …

From a Gab post by their CEO Andrew Torba: On the day President Trump joined Rumble they changed their terms of service to ban “hate speech” with an explicit ban on “anti-semitic” messages, also known as any and all criticism of Israel and/or Jewish people. No mention of banning Anti-White hatred, which is still allowed. According to WayBackMachine a few …

Newsweek reports: Social media users on platforms used by extremists, MAGA supporters and conspiracy theorists have expressed outrage at reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz for voting in favor of recognizing Junetheenth as a federal holiday. “Rep. Paul Gosar and Rep. Thomas Massie voted against making Juneteenth a federal holiday. Based,” wrote GAB CEO Andrew Torba. “Matt Gaetz and …

The Texas Tribune reports: A fight has broken out among Texas Republicans over Gab, the embattled social network favored by the far right. The state GOP made clear Thursday it would not delete its Gab account after vice chair Cat Parks called on it to do so two days earlier — and got backup from Gov. Greg Abbott, who said …

Mediaite reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, somewhat out of the blue on Wednesday, laid fire down on alternative social media service Gab, calling it an “Anti-Semitic platform” that does not “represent Texas values.” But his own state party is a big, if recent, Gab user. The clip of Gov. Abbott slapping down Gab hit Twitter by Abbott’s own hand on …

I thought it was weird that we never heard about Trump having an account on Gab: Former President Donald Trump’s verified Gab account was among those that were compromised (though the account’s description says it’s “reserved” for Trump, and Torba has stated that Trump himself doesn’t use it). When I got my hands on the Gab data, the first thing …

Wired reports: DDoSecrets cofounder Emma Best says that the hacked data includes not only all of Gab’s public posts and profiles—with the exception of any photos or videos uploaded to the site—but also private group and private individual account posts and messages, as well as user passwords and group passwords. “It contains pretty much everything on Gab, including user data …

“Mentally ill tranny demon hackers (I’m very serious) are attacking Gab right now. The same people behind this attack targeted law enforcement officers and their family members last summer. “The feds are treating them as a criminal hacker organization. We are working with our partners in law enforcement on this issue. We have always been transparent with our community when …

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: He was canceled before the cancel culture. And looking back, maybe that was a blessing. Andrew Torba had a three-year head start to build his mob-proof business. Now, Gab is one of the only free speech havens still standing, giving tens of millions of oppressed Americans a social media platform to call …

Earlier this month the CEO of the far-right social media platform Gab declared that he will no longer respond to interview requests from the “pagan” media and will only speak to Christian outlets. Last night he publicly took his brand of Christian nationalism to the next step: After Gab CEO Andrew Torba posted his ideal view of the nation with …

From the far-right LifeSite News: Andrew Torba, CEO of alt-tech social media platform Gab, called for a “silent secession” of Christians in a blog post earlier this week, urging conservatives to boycott Big Tech and other leftist companies.“Over the course of the past week Gab has been deplatformed by one of our banks, a business we were working with to …

NBC News reports: A Fort Myers man was arrested Friday for posting statements and videos inciting violence against minority groups on social media. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement received a tip that the man, who was using an alias, was posting to sites like Bitchute and Gab. The posts showed his “hatred toward several minority groups, threatened violence against …

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports: Federal prosecutors Friday asked a judge to seal all discovery materials in the government’s case against alleged Tree of Life synagogue gunman Robert Bowers, court filings show. The motions, filed by U.S. Attorney Scott Brady’s office in Pittsburgh, argue that only the defense should have access to the prosecution’s discovery materials. Discovery is the disclosure of …

The Daily Mail reports: A Republican politician is an investor in Gab, the now-shuttered social media network used by the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman, DailyMail.com can disclose. Dan Bishop, a state senator in North Carolina who is up for re-election next week, boasted in August 2017 that he had backed the site because he was “about done with SF thought police …

USA Today reports: Gab, the social network scrutinized following the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 dead, went offline as service providers suspended accounts and threatened to shut the website down. A message on Gab.com said the website would not be accessible for a period of time as the site shifts to a new hosting provider. In a …

The New York Times reports: Gab’s affiliation with Mr. Bowers has already cost the company dearly. On Saturday, the company’s web hosting provider, Joyent, moved to shut the site down, according to an email posted by Gab on Twitter. The payment processing platform Stripe, which Gab has used to receive fees for its paid Gab Pro membership level, and which …

Posted this afternoon by Gab: Gab.com’s policy on terrorism and violence have always been very clear: we a have zero tolerance for it. Gab unequivocally disavows and condemns all acts of terrorism and violence. This has always been our policy. We are saddened and disgusted by the news of violence in Pittsburgh and are keeping the families and friends of …

The New York Daily News reports: Infighting among white supremacists led to a major development this week: one of the most notorious pro-Trump internet trolls was outed as a Middlebury College grad who lives in Manhattan. Ricky Vaughn, an alt-right troll who was banned from Twitter for spreading anti-Semitic and racist content, got into a toxic back-and-forth with other far-right …

Business Insider reports: One of the most prominent social media sites in the far-right community may be kicked off its domain in the next week over violating hate speech rules. Early on Monday, the social media chat site Gab.ai posted a letter it received from its domain registrar saying it will seize the domain in five days if the site …

The Washington Post reports: The social media site Gab.ai is accusing Google of violating federal antitrust laws when the tech giant booted Gab from the Google Play Store, according to lawsuit filed Thursday. The legal action is the latest salvo in an escalating battle between right-leaning technologists and leaders against Silicon Valley giants such as Facebook and Google. Gab alleges …