When it launched in 2016, Gab.com touted itself as one of the last bastions of free speech on the Internet. Two years later, as the site is “de-platformed” in the wake of its connection to the senseless mass murder in Pittsburgh, Gab has become an even more redolent example of how technology is eroding democracy.


tacocat:

Incomplete list on sites where the same shit happens:

Reddit

4chan

8chan

voat

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

Discord

I did go to Gab on Saturday and one of the top stories was an antisemitic meme about the shooting. I read an article like this on NPR and thought the ease of finding Nazi shit was an exaggeration and it was not.


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