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SAMMAMISH, WA – Gab, a Twitter-style social media platform used by Nazis and white supremacists, will return to the Internet with the help of a Sammamish-based domain provider. Gab was launched on the internet after one of its users perpetrated a massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue on October 27th.
Robert W. Monster, CEO of the domain provider Epik, said in a statement that "digital censorship" of a site such as Gab is wrong.
Andrew Torba has created Gab as an alternative to Twitter, attracting many people whose words have been banned from this site. Robert Bowers, who allegedly killed 11 people at Tree of Life Synagogue last week, was a Gab user.
Just before the shooting, Bowers reportedly wrote to Gab, "screw your optics, I go in." Bowers' profile also called the Jewish people "the children of satan".
As a result of the massacre, sites like GoDaddy refused to host Gab. The re-emergence of Gab was reported for the first time Saturday by KUOW.
In his statement, Monster said that tolerance of different points of view should be part of society.
"De-structuring a haven of freedom of expression is not a left-wing or right-wing issue.Whoever remembers to have studied civility is well aware of the concept of inalienable rights – rights that 39. A meritorious government can only protect without having any moral authority to take away from natural law and inalienable rights goes back to ancient Greece, or even earlier.Having for divergent opinions – including those protected by freedom of expression. Expression and freedom of the press – is not an American concept, even though the founding fathers of the United States have nation around the concept.
Starting at 5pm Saturday, Gab was still just a static homepage with a message about the killing of the Tree of Life.
According to official records, Epik is based in Sammamish; the company maintains a post office box in Bellevue and offices in Seattle. State records show that Epik is ruled by Monster and Cliff Beer, chief financial officer of BrightVolt, a battery company based in Redmond.
Caption: On October 27, 2018, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a massive grumble in the Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood.
Photo of Jeff Swensen / Getty Images
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