{"id":382743,"date":"2018-10-28T13:22:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T12:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-paypal-bans-social-network-gab-com-after-synagogue-attacker-revealed-as-user\/"},"modified":"2018-10-28T13:22:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T12:22:31","slug":"prison-planet-com-paypal-bans-social-network-gab-com-after-synagogue-attacker-revealed-as-user","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-paypal-bans-social-network-gab-com-after-synagogue-attacker-revealed-as-user\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb PayPal Bans Social Network Gab.com After Synagogue Attacker Revealed As User"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zero Hedge<\/strong><\/a>
October 28, 2018<\/p>\n

Hours after it was revealed that Saturday\u2019s\u00a0Tree of Life Synagogue<\/a> shooting suspect was a user of social media network Gab.ai, PayPal severed all ties with the platform with\u00a0no explanation.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The shooter, 46-year-old Robert Bowers, posted anti-Semitic and anti-Trump rhetoric over Gab, which bills itself as the \u201chome of free speech\u201d due to the minimal censorship employed by the site. Shortly before the shooting, he posted a message to Gab which condemns the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)\u00a0which he wrote \u201clikes to bring invaders in that kill our people,\u201d before writing: \u201cScrew your optics, I\u2019m going in.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Following the shooting, Gab quickly removed Bowers\u2019 account and sent all information to the FBI and DOJ. Torba then issued a full statement<\/a>confirming the alleged attacker\u2019s presence on the site, and noting that Gab had taken immediate action \u2013 unlike other social media platforms.<\/p>\n

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Social media often brings out the best and the worst of humanity. From\u00a0live streamed murders<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook, to\u00a0threats of violence by bombing suspect\u00a0Cesar Sayoc Jr<\/a>. that went unaddressed by Twitter, and more. Criminals and criminal behavior exist on every social media platform.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the attack, Gab was alerted to a user profile of the alleged Tree of Life Synagogue shooter. The account was verified and matched the name of the alleged shooter\u2019s name, which was mentioned on police scanners. This person also had accounts on other social networks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That apparently wasn\u2019t enough for PayPal (which, we would note, didn\u2019t sever ties with Facebook despite Bowers\u2019 presence on the site, or Instagram after it was revealed that Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz posted pictures of weapons to the network).<\/p>\n

In a letter addressed to Gab CEO Andrew Torba, PayPal wrote: \u201cWe are hereby notifying you that we are terminating our relationship with your…<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Zero HedgeOctober 28, 2018 Hours after it was revealed that Saturday\u2019s\u00a0Tree of Life Synagogue shooting suspect was a user of social media network Gab.ai, PayPal severed all ties with the platform with\u00a0no explanation.\u00a0 The shooter, 46-year-old Robert Bowers, posted anti-Semitic and anti-Trump rhetoric over Gab, which bills itself as the \u201chome of free speech\u201d due […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-382743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}