The social network gab.com is apparently going down on Monday, October 29th at 09:00 ET. Their ISP has terminated their services, ostensibly because Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh mass shooting suspect, had made offensive posts on Gab.
To get this out of the way: I have mixed feelings about Gab, more specifically, about the founders. However, the idea that some social network somewhere should refuse to censor anything that is not outright illegal? This is good. Social media has become the modern "market square", and free speech should be guaranteed, even if the platforms are technically private.
If you want free speech, you apparently don't want to be in the U.S.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 29 2018, @10:33AM (6 children)
In Gab's defense, they're Americans. Not only are they Americans, but they are American's whose voices are on the list to be silenced. Gab exists because the media has attempted to silence them, but they are still Americans. They naively believed that if they could escape the corporate bullshit censorship at Facefook and Twitstorm, they would be alright.
We can probably presume that they'll take this lesson to heart, and find a host in Russia or someplace outside the US. Chances are slim they'll find a host in the US after this. Unless, or course, they just fold. They wouldn't be the first to fold and be forgotten.
But, as pointed out earlier in this discussion, the individuals will go underground. I2P, TOR, and any other darkweb places they can think of. And, some will join ranks with Stormfront, where their views are welcome. Where is Stormfront hosted? I've never even looked to see . . .
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 29 2018, @10:42AM
Boo-bloody-hoo 🎻🎶
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 29 2018, @10:47AM (3 children)
Correction: They are not Americans. Some of them may be physical residents, but they are no Americans.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 29 2018, @10:52AM
citation needed
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 29 2018, @01:48PM (1 child)
No True Scotsman [yourlogicalfallacyis.com]
Honestly, I rarely see it stated so plainly; usually when people display their inability to think they're at least not quite as obvious about it.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 29 2018, @07:25PM
git trulled biatch
(Score: 3, Informative) by J053 on Monday October 29 2018, @08:36PM