Packt reports that Gab's Dissenter browser extension was removed from Mozilla's Firefox add-ons on April 10th (people already using it can continue to do so), and was booted from Google's Chrome browser the next day. Gab pitches itself as an anti-censorship social media platform that only prohibits speech that is illegal. Their Dissenter browser extension and associated website allow people to share comments about any webpage, giving users the ability to share comments on articles, videos, etc., regardless of whether or not the website hosting the content has a comments section. Mozilla's rationale for the ban was that Dissenter was being used to promote violence, hate speech, and discrimination, but they failed to show any examples to bolster that claim. Gab plans to develop their own browser in response.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 13 2019, @10:33PM
Free speech means plurality of ideas
That's bullshit. Free speech means no censorship. All ideas are welcome on Gab. It's good to see them survive all the attacks. The more bulletproof, the better. Once the ISP problem is dealt with, we might have a viable internet, secure against ALL interference, free of ALL censorship! Wipe out the tyrants!