Philadelphia, PA – The website where the suspected Pittsburgh synagogue gunman posted anti-Semitic views said on Sunday it was “working around the clock” to stay online after being cut off by payment processors and forced to switch web hosts.
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The 46-year-old suspect Robert Bowers posted on Gab.com just hours before murdering 11 people on Saturday in the deadliest attack ever on the Jewish community in the United States, saying a non-profit that helps Jewish refugees relocate to the country was helping to kill “my people.”
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Gab did not say who the new web host was.
“Working around the clock to see to it that Gab.com stays online,” the company posted on Twitter on Sunday. “FREE SPEECH WILL ALWAYS WIN.”
Founded in 2016 by conservative Andrew Torba, Gab bills itself as the “free speech” alternative to Twitter Inc
Notable users include right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and Andrew Anglin, the founder of the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website, as well as media personalities Alex Jones and Carl Benjamin.
The free website charges for access to additional features and also raises money on the crowdfunding website StartEngine.
Torba did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday.
Utsav Sanduja, Gab’s former chief operating officer, said the company and its mission will survive “guilt by association” and could do more fundraising through cryptocurrencies in order to bypass tech companies.
“We created Gab for the purpose of letting off steam not to kill. That was not our intention,” he said.
In earlier statements the website said it was it was cooperating with law enforcement authorities and described the moves by PayPal and others as acts of “direct collusion between big tech giants.” It also called on U.S. President Donald Trump to act.
PayPal declined to comment on Sunday beyond an earlier statement that the company takes immediate action when “a site is allowing the perpetuation of hate, violence or discriminatory intolerance.”
Joyent could not immediately be reached, and Stripe declined to comment on individual users.
Sanduja did say that there could be room for Gab to improve.
“The mission should not change, but certainly there does need to be better checks and balances in place,” he said.
Sanduja said he left his role at the website in June after Gab users threatened his life and that of his wife, who works at a synagogue.
On Sunday, Gab’s forum lit up with comments about the Pittsburgh attack. One user celebrated Gab being banned by PayPal while another user responded, “You are going to get shot at ur local synagogue.” Another posted, “I WAS RIGHT, THEY FAKED THE SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING.”
Gab raised $1 million through crowdfunding last year, but recorded a loss of $201,704, according to a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Facebook’s archive of ads that it considers political in nature shows Gab has run only one such ad since May. It paid less than $100 for that ad and generated 1,000 to 5,000 views last month, according to the archive.
The company had no active ad campaigns on Facebook or Twitter Inc
Facebook and Twitter did not respond to questions about their plans.
they s/b put outta business
We can now expect a ‘Burning of the Reichstag’ event, done by Trumpf supporters, to blame it on the ‘left’ or the Jews. Don’t be surprised. He’s using adolf’s playbook…
Definition of libtard = Hashomer
Liberals and CNN have blood in their hands for inciting such hatred to cause a man to murder innocent worshipers.
This guy was a known anti Trumper, part of the resistance and lover of the liberal media. Don Lemon, Cuomo, Minka, Joe Scabourgh and the rest of the rest of their staff who incite hatred of our elected leader need to get on the air and publicly apologize to the American people .
Here is a public service announcement:
The right to free speech means the government can’t arrest you for what you say.
It does not mean that anyone else has to listen to you BS or host you while you share it.
The 1st amendment does not shield you from criticism or consequences.
If you’re yelled at, boycotted, have your show cancelled or get banned from the internet community, your speech rights aren’t being violated.
It’s just that the people listening think your a A-hole,
And they’re showing you the door.
Thanks to XKCD