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demmiblue

(36,865 posts) Sat Oct 27, 2018, 06:42 PM Oct 2018

Social media platform used by suspected Pittsburgh shooter banned from PayPal

Source: The Hill

Gab.com, a social media company that was used by the suspect of Saturday's shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, received a notice from PayPal Saturday afternoon saying it would be kicked off the payment platform.

“We are hereby notifying you that we are terminating our relationship with you pursuant to PayPal’s User Agreement. Under the PayPal User Agreement, PayPal, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to terminate your account for any reason and at any time upon notice to you,” the website said in an email to Gab’s CEO, which Gab then posted to its Twitter page.

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Gab, which describes itself as “The Home Of Free Speech Online,” rejected claims it bore any responsibility for Saturday’s shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburg’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood that left 11 dead.

The suspected shooter, 46-year-old Robert Bowers, posted on his Gab page that “jews are the children of satan.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/technology/413488-social-media-platform-used-by-suspected-pittsburgh-shooter

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Social media platform used by suspected Pittsburgh shooter banned from PayPal (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2018 OP

Good. Hurt them in their pocketbooks...nt SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #1

+ agree iluvtennis Oct 2018 #2

Goodbye Felicia. ascap_scab Oct 2018 #3

Good night. Sayonara. Hasta la vista. Chow. Salut. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.nt Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #4

But in their defense ToxMarz Oct 2018 #5

Oh I get what you are saying watoos Oct 2018 #6

Sorry for my misunderstanding. watoos Oct 2018 #7

SWBTATTReg

(22,133 posts)

1. Good. Hurt them in their pocketbooks...nt

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 06:46 PM

Oct 2018

iluvtennis

(19,862 posts)

2. + agree

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 07:43 PM

Oct 2018

ascap_scab

(23 posts)

3. Goodbye Felicia.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 07:58 PM

Oct 2018

Plus they just bought Gab.com for $200k last month. Before that, they were Gab.ai. I'm sure they'll be Gab.ru before long.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

4. Good night. Sayonara. Hasta la vista. Chow. Salut. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.nt

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 11:53 PM

Oct 2018

ToxMarz

(2,169 posts)

5. But in their defense

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 01:47 AM

Oct 2018

as soon as he went on a murderous rampage, they immediately turned over all his activity on their network to the authorities and disavowed!

/sarcasm if you didn't get it.

watoos

(7,142 posts)

6. Oh I get what you are saying

Reply to ToxMarz (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 07:27 AM

Oct 2018

we will not ban you for anything short of murder. Don't want to put words in your mouth, that is my interpretation.

He wasn't going to be using their site in the near or distant future anyway.

watoos

(7,142 posts)

7. Sorry for my misunderstanding.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2018, 08:10 AM

Oct 2018

Pay-Pal kicked this alt-right site out. Gab.com is the alt-right site that the murderer was using to post his hatred and Pay-Pal dumped them. I guess my point still stands, it still took a mass murder before Pay-Pal disowned a hate filled web site.

We need to start having some discussions about freedom of speech. Allowing people to say they are going to kill people should not be protected free speech. My gawd, a lot of countries ban hate speech and we in America admonish those countries. Maybe they are right and we are wrong? Doesn't Canada ban Fox News on cable? You can get it if you have a satellite. I just don't know. Hatred of others is taught it is not inborn. These hate filled right wing sites add fuel to a fire that is already burning. Fox and AM radio and right wing publications can pour gallons of hatred over my body but I disown, disagree with everything they preach. You have to have a tiny spark of hatred in your soul before dumping more hatred on you fans the flame.

God I hope there are at least 5 good people in Sodom and Gemorrah.

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