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posted by martyb on Monday October 29 2018, @08:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the social-commentary-on-social-media dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 29 2018, @10:46AM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 29 2018, @10:46AM (#755015) Journal

    It sure as hell isn't your lawn. But, I'll have to agree that it's not mine. It's the wife's lawn. Some of her people have lived here for thousands of years. And, the wife expects me to shoot dumb animals that become nuisances.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Monday October 29 2018, @11:26AM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 29 2018, @11:26AM (#755030) Journal

    And, the wife expects me to shoot dumb animals that become nuisances.

    Oh dear. Living daily only one step away from death.
    We really don't like to see you being asked to commit suicide, take good care not to annoy her, will you?

    (grin)

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday October 29 2018, @02:07PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Monday October 29 2018, @02:07PM (#755091) Journal

    Obligatory notice that all lawns may in fact belong to me. (c) (tm) (arr) (wahdahte)

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