'Free speech' social platform Gab has gone offline

Gab has gone offline.

The self-described “free speech social media platform” is taking time off the internet, after landing under the spotlight when it was discovered the suspect involved in Pittsburgh’s synagogue shooting was a poster and user on the site.

Gab posted a message on its homepage, announcing that the site will be “inaccessible for a period of time” as it works “around the clock” to transition a new hosting provider.

The platform has been banned by PayPal, and fellow online payment service Stripe is looking to cut off the site. Gab’s new hosting service, Joyent, reportedly will suspend the site from 9 a.m. ET on Monday, Oct. 29.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | 'Free speech' social platform Gab has gone offline