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In response, Torba acknowledged the data breach, said that his Gab account had been "compromised", and that "the entire company is all hands investigating what happened and working to trace and patch the problem". [107] He also used a transphobic slur to insult the hackers "attacking" Gab and referred to them as "demon hackers".
Gab, a controversial social network with a far-right user base, changed its software platform to a fork of Mastodon and became the largest Mastodon node in July 2019. [105] Gab's adoption of Mastodon allowed Gab to be accessed from third-party Mastodon applications, although four of them blocked Gab shortly after the change. [106]
Gab or GAB may refer to: Gáb, a cuneiform sign; Gab (social network), an American social networking platform "Gab" (song), an Occitan boasting song of the Middle Ages; Gab, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province; Games and Amusements Board, a Philippine sports and gambling regulatory government agency; Georgia Academy for the Blind
A social media service believed to be used by the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect to post hateful rants advertises itself as a haven for free speech. The site is Gab, which has become a ...
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Gab said in a statement it supports Truth Social and users of Gab can follow Trump on his reserved Gab account. [58] Among critical reactions, Chris Cillizza of CNN wrote that the platform was doomed to fail. [59] Noah Berlatsky, writing for The Independent, described it as a "potential threat to democracy". [60]
Alt-tech is a collection of social networking services and Internet service providers popular among the alt-right, far-right, and others who espouse extremism or fringe theories, typically because they employ looser content moderation than mainstream platforms.
An investigation by Media Matters for America reported that Mastriano paid $5,000 to the Gab social network service on April 28, 2022, for "campaign consulting". As a result of the payments, every new account on Gab automatically followed Mastriano's account. Gab has been described as a social media haven for white supremacists and neo-Nazis.