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Social Media and the Pittsburgh Shooter: Gab.com Going Down

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

bradley13 writes:

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 Phoenix666 on Monday October 29 2018, @01:16PM (2 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Monday October 29 2018, @01:16PM (#755071) Journal

    I think that submission would have been fine if you hadn't taken potshots at other Soylentils in it.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 29 2018, @07:27PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 29 2018, @07:27PM (#755291)

    You know that editors quite frequently modify the text of submissions yes?

    It is amusing that for "free speech" SN seems to draw the line at story submissions. So SN is free but not really, color me surprised (please don't shoot me in the back)

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 29 2018, @10:30PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 29 2018, @10:30PM (#755386)

      Nobody's stopping you from publishing a journal entry. Regulars around here will likely comment on it.

      But to meet the standards for publishing something on the front page, there should be a little editorial discretion.