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Gab, free speech social network, has been shut down by its host
Twitter ^ | 27 May 2018 | Gab

Posted on 10/27/2018 8:11:22 PM PDT by DesScorp

Breaking: @joyent, Gab’s new hosting provider, has just pulled our hosting service. They have given us until 9am on Monday to find a solution. Gab will likely be down for weeks because of this. Working on solutions. We will never give up on defending free speech for all people.

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To: DesScorp

FR has its own servers and relies entirely on contributions from its members and other folks.


221 posted on 10/28/2018 2:49:51 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: DesScorp

Geeky ol’ Microsoft was hosting Gab. Just more corporate liberal fascism. All they had to do was to get Gab to shut down Bowers’ (the synagogue shooter) account. Gab would have complied; they don’t need that kind of heat.


222 posted on 10/28/2018 2:52:02 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: grey_whiskers

“The only way you can redeem yourself on FR after *that* one, is if the site is hotsheepandgoats.afghanistan.com “

No, somebody else got that one.


223 posted on 10/28/2018 2:54:33 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Huber will saaaaaaave ussss! ....Not.)
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To: confederatecarpetbag

We could always do Samizdat (underground press) through the US mail. Unlike the corporate scum, the postal service must, must, MUST deliver our stuff.


224 posted on 10/28/2018 2:55:10 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: Reno89519

I figure the whole Bowers mess (he had an account on Gab) simply gave Leftoids at Microsoft the excuse to do what they wanted to do with the site.


225 posted on 10/28/2018 2:57:14 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: thoughtomator

At what point can an entity be denied use of the optical fiber lines? If the Democrats regain control of the government, how about the airwaves (wi-fi)?


226 posted on 10/28/2018 3:17:36 AM PDT by arthurus (fsd==hd)
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To: Army Air Corps
short wave internet

You still have to have friendly politicians in control of the FCC.

227 posted on 10/28/2018 3:24:38 AM PDT by arthurus (ghghj)
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To: Reno89519
Already down and gone. They welcomed pornography, etc., not surprised they are gone. Not memorable, not of value.

Every now and again you pop up with some comment that smacks of Deep State.

GAB.ai is/was an alternative to liberal and Deep State shadowbanning or outright banning on Facebook and Twitter.

That is why they are of value.

228 posted on 10/28/2018 3:28:55 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The News Misleadia will be held accountable for their lies.....on the eleventy-first of Nevervember.)
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To: DesScorp

I am so glad that we got rid of net neutrality. This new found (free market) power the communications and ISP companies were given to selectively discriminate as they like is just fantastic isn’t it?

I hope I’m not the only one who saw this coming.

“careful what you ask for”.

Well... Here it is, and it’s just the beginning.


229 posted on 10/28/2018 3:31:20 AM PDT by Openurmind
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To: akalinin
Is it feasable to host yourself?

Yes, but it takes money.

But there is a model, already, on how the Left bans free speech.... or, in these cases, greatly minimizes it.

The physical news press, and the television networks. They came in, established themselves, got the critical mass of money required to sustain and dominate newsheets and television stations, then offered one viewpoint: That of the left.

Luckily, conservatives happened across a more important medium: Radio. It is more important because people stuck in cars had only one viable option to listen to, which was radio. It is cheaper to run, and Federal regulations made it a Constitutional mess to shut down.

Internet WAS cheaper, but now you must field large server farms to sustain any meaningful operation.

Look for my seminal editorial on this topic soon.

230 posted on 10/28/2018 3:35:59 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The News Misleadia will be held accountable for their lies.....on the eleventy-first of Nevervember.)
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To: Reno89519

DJT followed me on gab


231 posted on 10/28/2018 4:01:49 AM PDT by onona (It is often wise to allow a person a graceful path.)
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To: Openurmind
Well... Here it is, and it’s just the beginning.

Lifesite today.

Another site tomorrow?

232 posted on 10/28/2018 4:03:53 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: Lazamataz

What about lifesite?


233 posted on 10/28/2018 4:06:39 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: MarMema

That one would be a lot easier to self-host.

Much smaller volume.


234 posted on 10/28/2018 4:11:23 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The News Misleadia will be held accountable for their lies.....on the eleventy-first of Nevervember.)
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To: MarMema

I kept telling everyone that this “free market” power we supported was being given to primarily powerful LIBERAL CORPORATIONS.

What did they think was going to happen? One thing I knew for sure was that these liberal corporations were absolutely going to abuse the situation now that they were given license.


235 posted on 10/28/2018 4:17:05 AM PDT by Openurmind
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To: Reno89519
Okay, I now did some reading on the Internet about why Gab is being shut down. They deserve it as they have been post extremist hate and violence. I am a bit surprised to see FReepers defending the likes of Bowers, cheering the site for hosting him.

The price of allowing Freedom of Speech, is allowing speech which you despise.

Keep in mind that, to those on the Left, FreeRepublic is a source of "extremist hate and violence". What do you think a Leftist thinks of how we react to black-on-white violence?

For me, my only bright line is actual, credible incitement to actual violence. "XXX are a stain on humanity and deserve to all be killed" does not qualify as such. Only things like "I saw XXX eating at (YYY location), lets go over and beat them up" qualify.

236 posted on 10/28/2018 4:30:23 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: Reno89519
FR doesn’t tolerate threats, anti-Jewish attacks, pornography, extremist hate, etc. Big difference.

FR tolerates anti-Muslim speech ("insulting the Prophet" will get you fined in Europe as hate speech). We like posting pictures of cute girls, which I'm sure some feminists are annoyed about, etc. The Left would LOVE to shut us down on any pretext.

237 posted on 10/28/2018 4:34:18 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: PapaBear3625
Oh yeah and anti-gay comments, which are apparently the reason Lifesite was given 12 hours notice.

I love this place more than any other. I can't breathe if it disappears.

But I can sure see that there would be plenty of reasons they could come up with to come after FR.

238 posted on 10/28/2018 4:37:09 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: snarkpup
No one but the federal government itself could deplatform anyone from things like communication and banking;...

An obviously erroneous assumption.

239 posted on 10/28/2018 5:07:35 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: snarkytart

The left has never understood that censorship inflames opposition to the boiling point.


240 posted on 10/28/2018 5:09:09 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (The denial of the authority of God is the central plank of the Progressive movement.)
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