Title: Gab Social Network Temporarily Shuts Down After GoDaddy Pulls Support
Headings: Gab, the social network popular with the far right, has temporarily shut down after GoDaddy pulled its support
Gab, the social network popular with the far right, has temporarily shut down after GoDaddy pulled its support
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Content: The statement said Gab would be "inaccessible" while employees worked to get it back online. Though by no means as large as its competitors like Facebook and Twitter, Gab poses itself as an alternative to popular social networks and doesn't punish users for hate speech or what many other social networks would deem offensive behavior. Thus, it's become popular with members of the far right who have become dissatisfied other social networks and their terms of service, which often include rules about respecting others and not engaging in harassing behavior. Gab made headlines this week in reports indicating that the suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting used Gab and posted anti-Semitic messages there, including one right before the attack, which left 11 people dead and six others injured. Following the shooting, PayPal, Medium, Stripe, and Joyent also blocked Gab from accessing their services. Here's the full statement from Torba on Gab's homepage: "Gab has spent the past 48 hours proudly working with the DOJ and FBI to bring justice to an alleged terrorist. Because of the data we provided, they now have plenty of evidence for their case. In the midst of this Gab has been no-platformed by essential internet infrastructure providers at every level. We are the most censored, smeared, and no-platformed startup in history, which means we are a threat to the media and to the Silicon Valley Oligarchy.