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(Created page with "{| class="wikitable" |+ !Website: !https://www.gab.com |} '''Gab''' is an American microblogging and social networking service found in 2016 later being publicly launched in May of 2017 by Andrew Torba known for its userbase filled with Trump Supporters and National Socialists who mostly have been banned from other social media platforms and users seeking alternatives to mainstream social media platforms, better as an alternative to its radical Left Wing counterpart...")
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'''Gab''' is an American social networking service. In May 2017 registration was opened to the public after previously being invite only during the beta. Gab describes its mission as "to put people and free speech first" by limiting censorship to filtering options made available to users.
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==History==
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Gab was created in August 2016<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/nov/17/gab-alt-right-social-media-twitter Gab: alt-right's social media alternative attracts users banned from Twitter]</ref> as an alternative to social networks like [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]]. Founder and CEO Andrew Torba cited dissatisfaction with "the entirely left-leaning Big Social monopoly"<ref>[https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/new-social-network-gab-growing-fast-free-speech This New Social Network Promises Almost-Total Free Speech To Its Users]</ref> as part of the inspiration for Gab, which he created "after reading reports that Facebook employees suppress conservative articles".<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/arts/the-far-right-has-a-new-digital-safe-space.html The Far Right Has a New Digital Safe Space]</ref> Torba said in November that the site's user base had expanded significantly following censorship controversies involving major social media companies,<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/as-twitter-cracks-down-on-alt-right-aggrieved-members-flee-to-gab As Twitter cracks down on alt-right, aggrieved members flee to 'Gab']</ref> including the permanent suspensions from Twitter of several prominent conservative and [[alt-right]] accounts.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/29/banned-from-twitter-this-site-promises-you-can-say-whatever-you-want/ Banned from Twitter? This site promises you can say whatever you want.]</ref>
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==External links==
'''Gab''' is an American microblogging and social networking service found in 2016 later being publicly launched in May of 2017 by Andrew Torba known for its userbase filled with Trump Supporters and National Socialists who mostly have been banned from other social media platforms and users seeking alternatives to mainstream social media platforms, better as an alternative to its radical [[Left Wing]] counterpart "[[Twitter]]". The website is known to promote free speech, individual liberty, the free flow of information thats posted daily online, and Christian values.
*[https://gab.com/ Gab]
*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/gab-social-media-adding-nearly-one-million-users-day-traffic-adding-millions-every-hours-users-flee-twitter-swamp/ GAB Social Media Is Adding Nearly ONE MILLION Users a Day – Traffic Adding Millions Every Few Hours as Users Flee Twitter Swamp]
*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/gab-hacked-founder-says-targeted-mentally-tr-nny-demon-hackers-threaten-release-stolen-user-data/ GAB HACKED — Founder Says They Were Targeted By ‘Mentally Ill Tr-nny Demon Hackers’ Who Threaten to Release Stolen User Data]
*[https://nationalfile.com/breaking-texas-gop-votes-to-delete-its-gab-account-after-abbott-smears-platform-as-anti-semitic/ Texas GOP Votes To Delete Its Gab Account After Abbott Smears Platform As ‘Anti-Semitic’]
*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/gab-ceo-blames-cia-mockingbird-media-latest-psyop-campaign-slew-new-accounts-popping-nowhere-making-threats-violence/ Gab CEO Blames CIA and Mockingbird Media for Latest PSYOP Campaign of Slew of New Accounts “Popping Out of Nowhere and Making Threats of Violence”]
 
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Revision as of 12:39, 4 December 2022

Website: https://www.gab.com

Gab is an American microblogging and social networking service found in 2016 later being publicly launched in May of 2017 by Andrew Torba known for its userbase filled with Trump Supporters and National Socialists who mostly have been banned from other social media platforms and users seeking alternatives to mainstream social media platforms, better as an alternative to its radical Left Wing counterpart "Twitter". The website is known to promote free speech, individual liberty, the free flow of information thats posted daily online, and Christian values.

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