Robert Gregory Bowers , the sole suspected shooter in the attack against a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 , maintained an active , verified Gab account where he displayed the neo-Nazi code-phrase " 1488 " and a bio that said " jews are the children of satan . " Just prior to the shooting , he used this account to post " HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people . I ca n't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered . Screw your optics , I 'm going in . " After Bowers was arrested , Gab suspended his profile and contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) . On October 27 , 2018 , soon after the shooting , PayPal , GoDaddy , and Medium terminated their relationship with Gab , and PayPal released a statement that it had it done so based on its review of accounts that may engage in the " perpetuation of hate , violence or discriminatory intolerance " . Later on the same day , Gab announced on Twitter that Joyent , Gab 's hosting provider , would terminate their service on October 29 at 9:00 am ET . The tweet said that the site expected to be down for weeks . Stripe and Backblaze also terminated their services with Gab after the shooting
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