Monster has been an outspoken defender of Epik 's choice to host far-right , neo-Nazi , and other extremist content that other web hosts have refused , saying that the company is committed to protecting " lawful free speech " . He learned about Gab , a far-right social network , in 2018 when the company received media attention after it was discovered that the perpetrator of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting had used the service to post extremist content . After it was dropped by its registrar , GoDaddy , Monster met with Gab CEO Andrew Torba and agreed to register the website . The '' BBC '' reported Monster as saying that Gab 's founder Andrew Torba was " doing something that looks useful " , and that Gab 's removal from the internet was " digital censorship " . Monster subsequently became an active user and defender of the network . Monster has received media attention for publicly defending violent neo-Nazi Gab users , maligning people who criticize the site and call for stricter moderation , and making unevidenced claims that racist users are fake accounts created to hurt the site 's reputation
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Rob Monster