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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

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To: mrsmith

” doesn’t say WHY”
Yeah. There must be a contract stating reasons they can be summarily shut off.
*******
Every single article from the fake news mentioning the shooter and his posting on GAB used something similar to “ White nationalist,racist,anti-Semite and conservative right wing ....On the front page right now is an AP article basically calling critics of Soros like Trump etc anti- semetic....


81 posted on 10/27/2018 9:08:26 PM PDT by ALX
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To: akalinin
I don't care what we have to do, I don't care what it takes. We will build everything from the ground up if we have to. We may be down for a few weeks. The truth is we do not know yet. We are working on solutions. We will figure it out. Keep fighting for freedom. We sure will be.

So what does Gab have to do to get their provider and their online payment company back? Has Gab made that clear? I haven't seen information yet.

82 posted on 10/27/2018 9:08:37 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Reno89519

It was recently Gab.com not ai. Freedom implies not being monitored by liberals like Twitter.


83 posted on 10/27/2018 9:09:33 PM PDT by nclaurel
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To: sourcery

Bowers is a Lunatic....Lunatics have no political boundaries.


84 posted on 10/27/2018 9:09:44 PM PDT by caww
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To: Boomer
Where did you see this posted or did you get an email.

The site is back up after they did a backup in anticipation of being shut down.
85 posted on 10/27/2018 9:10:53 PM PDT by farming pharmer
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To: DesScorp

I read this and decided to do a quick write up to spread word via my blog.

Its not nice out there for free speech tonight and I hope people defend their principles without hating or blaming people for this shut down.

No silence about this wrongdoing, but no violence either.

Like the tagline says:

“Freedom is everybodys business”

The man who said that had his radio station shut down by the FCC on “Fairness Doctrine” grounds in the 1970’s.

The stuff that angered his liberal opponents included a man calling in to a talk show and reading to the host of that show a poem about being a dog and relieving himself on the graves of various personalities including Dr. Martin Luther King.

The media may be different today, but the First Amendment is still with us, still under attack and its worth defending even if we may not agree with what others are saying.


86 posted on 10/27/2018 9:11:27 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Proud White Trump Supporter

Yep. And I think it’s probably one step in a plan that was worked out months ago. It’s not like all this goes down one week before the election by coincidence.


87 posted on 10/27/2018 9:11:31 PM PDT by northside
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To: DesScorp

Geez, what kind of car did the shooter drive that can now lose their financial lifeline and be banned? This is going to cost the conspirators zillions I bet.


88 posted on 10/27/2018 9:12:04 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Drew68

"...and I think, ‘Why?’..."


Our use of Gab is strikingly similar.
I used it to follow people who were perma-banned at Twitter and had moved to Gab.


89 posted on 10/27/2018 9:13:32 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: DesScorp

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. It didn’t take a lot of searching and reading to see that Gab has a history of this and only threats of being shutdown have gotten them to clean up their act. We all, well a lot of us, criticize Facebook and Twitter for what they allow, yet here some FReepers defend it for someone else? Is violence against Jews okay? That’s a very, very big change for FR.


90 posted on 10/27/2018 9:13:42 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: DesScorp
For info on the main attempt at a legislative fix for this mess, go here:

https://twitter.com/MuhPrivateCo

or

https://smaca.us

Read, view, learn, call your congresscritters.

91 posted on 10/27/2018 9:13:57 PM PDT by snarkpup
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To: thoughtomator

That was my first thought too. Time to go to Thailand or wherever this can be done without leftist control. Looks like I can add server hosts to the tech industry that needs to be split up or heavily regulated since it operates on a partisan method. Unacceptable.

I wonder what hosting places porn sites use. They may already have the answer to this problem. Nothing wrong with Gab.com. They don’t stomp on free speech which means some people get out of control but their guidelines do prohibit behavior outside the lines of free speech.

It’s also fairly new so some bugs will need to be worked out over time. I hope they get this resolved for the sake of free speech rights.


92 posted on 10/27/2018 9:14:03 PM PDT by Boomer (Better Dead Than Dem)
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To: Mears

I think on gab. I saw some extremely despicable things on Twitter that supposedly came from gab.


93 posted on 10/27/2018 9:14:49 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: thoughtomator

FR doesn’t tolerate threats, anti-Jewish attacks, pornography, extremist hate, etc. Big difference.


94 posted on 10/27/2018 9:16:01 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: MarMema

Thanks-————I just DO NOT GET Jew hating.

Sickens me.

.


95 posted on 10/27/2018 9:16:51 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Reno89519

According to the standards of Big Tech, FR is overflowing with “extremist hate”, because they are hard leftists who define all points of view other than their own in those terms.

Like Beria looking for a crime, there’s no way they don’t find something, if they’re determined to find something.


96 posted on 10/27/2018 9:17:29 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 2)
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To: Reno89519

The police state isn’t the answer.

The Constitution starting with the First Amendment works a lot better.


97 posted on 10/27/2018 9:17:40 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: northside

I’m expecting ICANN to remove the DNS records for all of the ‘hate’ websites, i.e., any conservative website. The domain names won’t resolve though one will have the option of connecting directly by IP address. This would be timed prior to an election.


98 posted on 10/27/2018 9:18:22 PM PDT by KamperKen
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To: Reno89519

OK after that I am now in agreement with the other person who thinks you are a leftist troll.

I know few to no conservatives who have the kind of point of view that you are expressing here, which is Stalinist in character.


99 posted on 10/27/2018 9:19:52 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 2)
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To: bigbob; akalinin
T1 line?? Lol!

No kidding - that’s NOTHING compared to a V.92 faxmodem!

100 posted on 10/27/2018 9:20:14 PM PDT by Yossarian
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